Salute to nurses on International Nurses Day

Today, across Moreton Bay and beyond, we honour nurses like Deception Bay’s Mark Lister.

Mark has been visiting Carinity Home Care clients in Caboolture, Bribie Island and across the region for several years using experience from close to two decades in nursing.

It is the selfless work of nurses, like Mark, we recognise today, International Nursing Day, held on the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale.

Inspired by his mother, sister and wife who were nurses, Mark left the laundry and dry-cleaning industry almost 20 years ago to start his own nursing career.

He has been caring for seniors through various roles with Carinity for the past 17 years, ranging from nurse to aged care home manager.

This has included working on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic as an infection control nurse.

Mark supports Moreton Bay seniors as a Registered Nurse with Carinity Home Care.

His role includes assessment of new clients to ascertain their care needs, devising falls prevention strategies, and providing clinical care tasks.

“My role is to make seniors feel more comfortable and help them live where they want to live for longer,” Mark said.

“I help seniors to live the life they want to live – on their own terms.”

Executive Manager of Carinity Aged Care, Heidi Wiebe, thanked Carinity’s nurses for their dedication to support older people in Queensland.

“Working as a nurse requires patience, kindness and compassion – and caring for older people also takes incredible skill and an extensive and deep knowledge base,” Heidi said.

“The people living in our homes, the older people we support in their own homes – and their families – are always grateful for the efforts of our wonderful nursing staff.

“We celebrate and honour our nurses for their passion and commitment.

“The work nurses do to value each older person – and help them live and live well – is greatly appreciated.”