Palliative care co-ordinator in P.E.I. recognized for efforts to educate health workers, community [Video]

Palliative care wasn’t on Susan Doucette’s radar as a job prospect when she graduated from nursing school, but all it took was a short time working in the field. 

“I really liked the work and just felt like it was where I fit… and felt like I could really do some good work,” she said. 

Doucette is now in her 31st year working in that health-care stream. She became a provincial co-ordinator for home-based palliative care in P.E.I. about a year ago. 

Her prediction that she could do good work in the profession has certainly come to pass. Doucette was recently awarded a King Charles III Coronation Medal for her leadership in advancing palliative care in the province. 

“I believe strongly that you get more out of it when you put more into it,” she said. 

“So it’s a great honour to feel like somebody has recognized the work I’m …