Throughout the pandemic, Sherri Kensall worked in the hemodialysis unit at Vancouver General Hospital, helping patients with kidney disease keep to their dialysis schedule – all while being “hypervigilant” about infection protocols.

She’s been in healthcare for over 30 years, first as a sexual assault nurse, then moving to nursing in acute care, and then specializing as a renal care nurse for treating people with kidney failure.

“Getting to know patients over years and years, working with them, helping them to be healthy or helping them to be a little better than they were before, that’s really rewarding. The whole process around end-of-life care, too, I personally find very rewarding,” Kensall says.

Her commitment to the job kept her going through the uncertainties of COVID-19 when fro

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