A Legacy of Excellence: Grant W. Niskanen, MD, Retires After 30 Years in Medicine
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What is Flex Team?
Flex Team is a group of employees who move around multiple areas of the hospital where they are needed to fill vacancies or provide support when there are more patients than staff to care for them. There are RNs, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), Patient...
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What is a Trauma and Stroke Registrar?
Kalissa is our Trauma and Stroke Registrar. Kalissa can answer questions like “how fast are stroke patients seeing a doctor?” or “how many trauma cases require transfer to higher level of care?” From the time a patient rolls through the Emergency Department doors, data...
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Ron Woita, CNO on leadership, community, and accessibility at Sky Lakes
I arrived at Sky Lakes in June 2011 and accepted the position of Emergency Department Director. I am now the Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services. I came here from Lincoln, Nebraska, where I had been a clinical manager for...
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Sky Lakes Nurse featured at Global Citizen’s Vax Live event
Sky Lakes ICU nurse Julie Bowen starred in a short video about how Sky Lakes uses Cisco technology to navigate the pandemic that was featured in the Global Citizen Vax Live event that happened May 2, 2021! Julie and fellow ICU nurse Nicole also...
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Caring Hands Donates More Fidget Mats to Patients’ Hands
The Caring Hands Women’s Ministry at Bonanza Community Church made and donated another set of fidget mats to Sky Lakes Medical Center. These fidget mats, or sensory blankets, are for patients who need something to do with their hands while receiving care at the...
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Sky Lakes Volunteers awarded 2021’s public safety volunteers of the year!
Volunteers like Skip (pictured), play an integral role at Sky Lakes Medical Center. Our wonderful volunteers staff our information desks; sponsor and host Red Cross events; deliver books, magazines, mail and flowers to patients; help visitors and patients find their way around the medical...
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SJS Awareness Oregon donates to the Sky Lakes Pediatric Unit
Members of the SJS Awareness Oregon organization donated a variety of activities for Sky Lakes Pediatric patients. The donation was accepted by Sky Lakes Maternal Child Health staff members who are excited to get the donation into the pediatric unit “this is really awesome...
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One Night in the ER by Dr. Scott McCreadie
Sky Lake’s Very own Dr. Scott McCreadie published his first novel this year! Dr. McCreadie works in the Emergency Department and has been with Sky Lakes Medical Center for nearly four years. He began writing One Night in the ER about 20 years ago...
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Daisy Awardee: Jacquie Haupt
Jacquie Haupt, RN is an ICU nurse and our latest Daisy Award recipient. Jacquie began her career as a nurse in1993. She received her award April 6, 2021 and was nominated by Dr. Holly Montjoy. This is Jacquie’s nomination:
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Meet the 2021 RN-1 Nursing Residency Program Grads!
There are ten graduates from this year’s RN-1 program. Our RN-1 program is a 13-week nursing residency program for recent nursing graduates looking for additional acute-care experience. This program focuses on clinical judgment and critical thinking to help new nurses develop their competencies as...