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Bend, Ore. - The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) issued the following statement today upon the retirement announcement of St. Charles Health System President and CEO Joe Sluka. ONA represents nearly 1,200 frontline nurses working at multiple St. Charles Health facilities in Central Oregon.
“We thank Joe Sluka for his service and wish him well in the next chapter of his life. He led St. Charles during an important period of expansion and change and helped build upon our reputation as an outstanding community hospital and health system.
We appreciate the universal need among health care workers to refocus and recharge after sacrificing our time, health and safety throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
We ask St. Charles’ board of directors to move quickly to incorporate local nurses and allied health care workers into its planned search for our community’s next CEO to ensure experienced voices from the frontlines of health care are represented in this significant decision.”
- Joel Hernandez, ONA Vice President and registered nurse at St. Charles Bend
The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) is the state’s largest and most influential nursing organization. We are a professional association and labor union which represents more than 15,000 nurses and allied health workers throughout the state. We are a proud state affiliate of AFT and the American Nurses Association. ONA’s mission is to advocate for nursing, quality health care and healthy communities. For more information visit: www.OregonRN.org.
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