Rebuilding my foot care business in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Hello Nova Scotia! My name is Kirsten, and I am the sole proprietor of Kirsten’s Foot Care. In December 2021, I moved from Ottawa, Ontario to Cole Harbour, though I am originally from New Brunswick. I finished my nursing education, and Read more…
Last fall when I needed to go on maternity leave early due to my pregnancy, I anticipated that my return date would be early Spring. Of course having never been a mum, it was my best estimate at the time. My son was born on December 27th and is now Read more…
As of Thursday December 17, 2020, Kirsten’s Foot Care will be closed for Christmas Holidays. At this time, an exact return date in January has yet to be determined as the owner, Kirsten Hansen, RPN, is expecting her first child at the beginning of January. Depending on the arrival date Read more…
We are currently unable to accept new clients or new in-home appointments at this time. We are currently offering limited services and are not providing any in-home visits at this time. Since resuming services in June after the COVID-19 phase 1 closure, we have remained short staffed as our existing Read more…
As our other nurses are not yet able to return due to remaining COVID-19 restrictions, we are currently looking for an Advanced Foot Care Nurse (RPN) to join the team and help us out! This position is not temporary, as additional coverage will be needed starting in December for an Read more…
Just a quick update.. Unfortunately we are still short on nurses due to COVID-19, with no estimate on when our nurses that cover the West and South end of the city can return to work. They are currently bound by O. Reg. 146/20: ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 7.0.2 (4) OF THE Read more…
The Ontario Ministry of Health has released new directives to Regulated Health Professionals stating we can now begin a “gradual restart of deferred services”. However, we are encouraged to limit the number of in-person visits for the time being for our safety and the safety of our clients. This means Read more…
Though the Government of Ontario has begun Phase 1 of reopening the province, Phase 1 does not include health professionals such as Foot Care Nurses. Yes, this means you can have your housekeeper/butler but not us! At this time, our regular services remain closed. We are currently waiting on the Read more…
It’s been a few weeks since we have provided an update. With health care services beginning to reopen fully in provinces like Manitoba and New Brunswick, we know it will only be a matter of time before we get word from the Ontario Government as well. We’ve been working hard Read more…
We continue to cancel appointments one week ahead until the situation changes or we hear from the Ontario Ministry of Health that we can resume our regular services. We were also informed that the Olde Forge has cancelled the foot clinic for April 30th. Although foot care nurses are now Read more…