At The Ottawa Hospital, we strive to lead in sustainable health care — something we can only achieve with the help of our frontline staff. Geriatric medicine nurses Caiti and Sabrina rallied their unit together to optimize recycling and divert waste from the landfill. Find out how they binned it to win it (And we can’t promise you that that’s the last recycling pun in this article!).

When a woman went into labour in the middle of a seven-hour flight, Eunice and Lindsey immediately volunteered their services. The two neonatal intensive care nurses had to rely on their experience — and a little improvisation — to help deliver and resuscitate a baby girl.

This may be the feel-good video of the year! After helping carry our tiniest patients out of harm’s way on October 27, firefighters return to the General Campus NICU to present staff, families and babies with a special gift.

The Ottawa Hospital is proud to carry on the “pinning” ceremony to mark a nursing student’s transition into the profession. Read this heartwarming story of how one nursing student received a pin from someone very special to her.

Making music has always been a big part of Don’s life, so when the staff and doctors at The Ottawa Hospital saved him from the brink of death, he could think of no better way to thank them.

They might not grow playoff beards or dump Gatorade on their managers’ heads after a big win, but our nurses take teamwork just as seriously as professional athletes. Learn how six of our award-nominated nursing teams stay united and ready to face any challenge.