{"id":1435,"date":"2019-09-29T22:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T22:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdecb.pmwebserv.com\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2019-10-03T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T14:04:40","slug":"2019-recipient-of-the-cdecbs-outstanding-award-of-excellence-and-dedication-juliet-opoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cdecb.ca\/fr\/announcements\/2019-recipient-of-the-cdecbs-outstanding-award-of-excellence-and-dedication-juliet-opoku\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Recipient of the CDECB\u2019s Outstanding Award of Excellence and Dedication – Juliet Opoku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Juliet Opoku, RN, CDE \u00ae , is the 2019 recipient of the Canadian Diabetes Educator Certification Board\u2019s Award of Excellence and Dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a Registered Nurse within the Diabetes Education Program at Unison Health & Community Services, Toronto, Ontario, Juliet provides education to a high volume of complex clients in groups and individual interactions. Juliet \u201ctailors education to client\u2019s needs and ensures all clients leave her office feeling respected and valued\u201d, states a nominator. Juliet is \u201ccommitted to improving client care and works continuously to ensure client\u2019s needs are met\u201d, reports a second nominator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Juliet reaches beyond to assist her clients. Many of her clients face barriers such as language, citizenship, housing, accessibility to food and poverty. She dedicates time to liaise with pharmaceutical representatives to ensure there are supplies for clients in need. She commits some of her spare time to connecting clients in need with social workers and housing services. She telephones clients frequently following up to ascertain their needs are met. She empowers clients to improve their health through health promotion, disease prevention and health education. She is true advocate for people living with diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Juliet is an enthusiastic provider of educational services and is quick to offer workshops in the community, most recently at a food bank and a Spanish speaking seniors group. She recognizes the need to meet the clients where they are, in their own environment, thereby removing barriers related to accessibility, poverty and isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Juliet holds a Bachelor of Nursing degree from Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and has continued her formal education with licensing from the Ontario College of Nurses, the California Nursing Association and the Minnesota Nursing Association. Juliet is committed to further education both as a teacher and a student. She plays a key role in training new staff. She developed the insulin titration training process at Unison enabling increased DEP team members to provide comprehensive care to their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One could describe Juliet\u2019s spare time as \u201cbeing occupied\u201d by caring for people. Juliet honestly lives the values of her employer, Unison Health and Community Services. She works to celebrate diversity and eliminate oppression in all its forms. She is committed to treating all people with dignity, honesty and respect, and she values individual choice and self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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