Dianne Winterton, RN, a Registered Nurse with Niagara Health – Welland Site

Get to know Registered Nurse, Dianne Winterton, who serves patients in Welland, Ontario.

With over 20 years of experience, Dianne is a registered nurse who is affiliated with Niagara Health – Welland Site in Welland, Ontario, Canada. 

The Niagara Health System, or Niagara Health, is a multi-site hospital amalgamation comprising eight sites serving over 450,000 residents across the 12 municipalities. It makes up the Regional Municipality of Niagara, including Niagara Falls, St. Catharines, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, and Welland. Niagara Health is entering an era of great opportunity and the inspiration behind this is one unifying goal: To provide all patients, families, staff, physicians, students, learners, and volunteers extraordinary experiences. 

In 1990, she attended Niagara College and earned her nursing diploma. Currently, she is certified in basic life support and specializes in day surgery, oral surgery, peritoneal dialysis, medical-surgical, urology, orthopedics, post-operative, and labor and delivery, Victorian Order of Nurses.

In order to remain up to date in her field, she maintains a professional membership with the Ontario Nurses Association. Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses Association is the trade union that represents 60,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, community agencies, and industry throughout the province of Ontario.

A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.

Learn More About Dianne Winterton:

Through her online profile, https://todaysnurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4144863/info/

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