HERMISTON, OR – On October 19, 2016, a cohort of seventeen new graduate registered nurses in the Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) nurse residency program graduated – the largest cohort since the program’s inception – and have begun working with an experienced nurse preceptor in the area they have chosen to specialize in. The
HERMISTON, OR – Today, Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) announced significant patient safety improvements as a result of participation in the Partnership for Patients (PfP) initiative, a nationwide collaborative effort to reduce the number of hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent and hospital readmissions by 20 percent. “We joined Partnership for Patients with the knowledge
HERMISTON, OR – On Thursday, October 6, 2016, at approximately 6:00 P.M., Good Shepherd Health Care System will be participating in a disaster preparedness drill. According to GSHCS spokesperson and Public Information Officer, Nick Bejarano, this simulation will train GSHCS staff on their roles, responsibilities, how to interact with outside agencies, and better prepare them to deal with
On August 18, the Good Shepherd Health Care System family was deeply affected by the tragic events of that day. The event which claimed the lives of two wrestling coaches and the teenage son of our coworker, Andrea Bye, impacted our staff deeply as they cared for their coworker in the hospital setting. To show their
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