BMH Nurses, CNAs
years of experience
Registered Nurses
Nursing staff ready
to help with needs
and the patients themselves.
:HKDYHDVXUJHU\VXLWHWKDWKDVWZRRSHUDW
lue Mountain Hospital is not only ing rooms with state of the art equipment. Our
located in a beautiful community, nurses who work in surgery have many years
but we have a great nursing staff. RIVSHFLDOL]HGH[SHULHQFHLQWKHVXUJHU\GHSDUW
Our nurses have an average of 15 ment and will be there to assist you through the
years of experience.
surgery process. They will follow up with you
7KH\DUHTXDOL¿HGDQGWKH\FRQWLQXHWRHQ after surgery during your recuperation to make
KDQFHWKHLUFHUWL¿FDWLRQVDQGQXUVLQJWUDLQLQJ VXUH\RXDUHSURJUHVVLQJZLWK\RXUKHDOLQJSUR
Some of them may be your neighbors and that’s FHVV,I\RXQHHGSK\VLFDORURFFXSDWLRQDOWKHU
why they are so special. They will give you the apy after surgery we have excellent therapists
personalized care they would want their own who will be there to assist you to regain your
families to have. We have dedicated ourselves previous abilities. Again, you may be a patient
to become a national leader in quality care for for the Swing Bed Program.
our patients.
2QHRIWKHRWKHUVHUYLFHVZHKDYHLVWKHVSH
7R PHDVXUH WKLV ZH KDYH LQVWLWXWHG GDVK cialty clinic. We can provide specialty care to
boards that let us measure ourselves against patients in our own facility to prevent traveling,
RWKHUKRVSLWDOVLQWKHDUHDZKLOHSURYLGLQJH[ many times great distances to receive specialty
cellent quality standards of care. Our hospital care that you would see only in a much bigger
provides you the same services you might see KRVSLWDO:HFRQWUDFWZLWKDQDUUD\RIVSHFLDO
in a much bigger hospital, but we can provide ists in cardiology, orthopedics, and foot care.
them to you much closer to your home, and These specialists can see you in our weekly
much more cost effective.
clinics on site as well as perform your surgery
One of the programs we have instituted at needs on site as well. There is no longer a need
the hospital is the Swing Bed Program. This to travel great distances to receive the specialty
program allows the physician to transition or care you need.
“swing” a patient’s care from acute medical
,I\RXKDYHDQHPHUJHQF\ZHKDYHDQRXW
needs to skilled nursing care or rehabilitation.
standing emergency department that is staffed
7KLVSURJUDPLVEDVHGRQWKHSDWLHQW¶VDELO 24 hours a day with highly trained staff. On
ity to improve and achieve higher levels of DYHUDJHDSDWLHQWLVVHHQLQDVOLWWOHDVPLQ
functioning. The goal is individualized care, XWHVRUVRRQHULIPRUHHPHUJHQW7KLVLVVRPH
helping the patient achieve their goals and thing unheard of in a much larger facility. In
meet individual needs. This program provides the event you need to be transported to another
options for patients who are not quite ready to KRVSLWDOIRUFDUH$LU/LIHLVDYDLODEOHIRUWUDQV
function on their own or to go home yet; but port. Most often the patient can be stabilized
are not sick enough to stay in acute care. This LQRXU(5DQGWUDQVIHUUHGWR6W&KDUOHV0HG
SDWLHQWPLJKWQHHGSK\VLFDOWKHUDS\DIWHUKDY ical Center in Bend.
ing surgery or skilled care such as intravenous
<RXZLOOKDYHDWHDPRIQXUVHVUHVSLUDWR
PHGLFDWLRQV 7KH\ PLJKW QHHG QXWULWLRQ WKHU U\WKHUDSLVWVVRFLDOZRUNHUVDQGFDVHPDQ
apy or help with learning to care for diabetes DJHUVZKRVH¿UVWSULRULW\LVWRJLYHWKHEHVW
QHHGV,W¶VDZD\IRUWKHPWRUHFHLYHLQGLYLG individualized care possible to the patient.
ualized care until they are ready to care for So for all your medical needs, please come
themselves. We can provide that care close to see us and give us the chance to provide the
home making it easier on the patients families best medical care for you.
Submitted by Blue Mountain Hospital
B
12 || FAMILY HEALTH GUIDE 2016
Becky Brown RN – 27 years
Nancy Carpentier RN – 18 years
Greg Kling RN – 5 months
Mercedes Mee RN – 10 years
Brandy Vandehey RN – 1 year , 4 months
Shang Jin Yoon RN – 3 months
Brandi Grove RN – 17 years
Nancy Crisler RN – 19 years
Melissa Delgado RN – 11 years
Barbara Northington RN – 35 years
Jo Ritter RN – 33 years
Thomas White RN – 24 years
Diane Greenwood RN – 15 years
Sylvia Dowdy RN – 5 years
Joanne Hansen RN – 10 years
Doris Harper RN – 4 years
Les Mcleod RN – 20 years
Jessi Saul RN – 9 years
Melanie Smith RN – 5 years
Julie Witty RN – 29 years
Richard Smarr RN – 23 years
Jenelle Moulton RN – 27 years
Shannon Winegar RN – 11 years
Angie Lusco RN – 15 years
Kaleigh Bellinger RN – 2 years
Karin White RN BSN MBA
ACLS CCO – 33 years
CNAs
Barbara Zak – 14 years
Tammy Cartner – 23 years
Tawnia Gregg – 18 years
Alecia Whitten – 4 years
Sherry Mickey – 19 years
Tina Shorts – 19 years
Vanessa Boss – 10 years
Jan Dickens – 7 years
Krista Qual – 7 years
Jody Keith – 2 years
Kerith Crabb – 4 years