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Oregon Nurses' Statement On St. Charles Appointing New CEO (Photo) - 02/27/23

Bend, Ore. - The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) issued the following statement today upon the announcement of Dr. Steve Gordon being named St. Charles Health System CEO and President. ONA represents more than 1,200 frontline nurses and health care providers working in St. Charles Health System’s rural critical access hospitals in Central and Eastern Oregon.

Congratulations to Dr. Gordon on his new permanent position as CEO and President of St. Charles Health System. He stepped up during a difficult period of transition and we appreciate his commitment to the health system. 

While we are disappointed St. Charles executives chose not to involve local frontline nurses and allied health care workers in its search for our community’s next CEO; we appreciate Dr. Gordon’s assertion that retaining and recruiting skilled and experienced nurses, doctors and caregivers to live in and care for our communities must be St. Charles’ top priority. We agree. Raising standards to recruit and retain our best nurses and caregivers is the quickest, most effective solution to address St. Charles’ staffing crisis and to ensure our community has the caregivers it needs now and for years to come. 

In fact, decades of research and real-life experience prove when there aren't enough nurses, our patients have longer wait times and hospital stays, pay more for care, get more infections and injuries, are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital and are more likely to die. 

By working together, nurses believe we can make the historic across-the-board improvements we need to increase caregiver recruitment and retention and raise standards and pay for everyone at St. Charles and throughout our growing Central Oregon community.

We look forward to starting this new chapter at St. Charles and meeting face-to-face with Dr. Gordon to discuss how to make the improvements our patients, providers and community desperately need.

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, including more than 1,200 frontline nurses and allied health workers at multiple St. Charles Health facilities in Central and Eastern Oregon. ONA’s mission is to advocate for nursing, quality health care and healthy communities. For more information visit: www.OregonRN.org.

Attached Media Files: 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, including more than 1,200 frontline nurses and allied health workers at multiple St. Charles Health facilities in Central and Eastern Oregon. ONA’s mission is to advocate for nursing, quality health care and healthy communities.,

Oregon Nurses' Statement On St. Charles Appointing New CEO (Photo) - 02/27/23

Bend, Ore. - The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) issued the following statement today upon the announcement of Dr. Steve Gordon being named St. Charles Health System CEO and President. ONA represents more than 1,200 frontline nurses and health care providers working in St. Charles Health System’s rural critical access hospitals in Central and Eastern Oregon.

Congratulations to Dr. Gordon on his new permanent position as CEO and President of St. Charles Health System. He stepped up during a difficult period of transition and we appreciate his commitment to the health system. 

While we are disappointed St. Charles executives chose not to involve local frontline nurses and allied health care workers in its search for our community’s next CEO; we appreciate Dr. Gordon’s assertion that retaining and recruiting skilled and experienced nurses, doctors and caregivers to live in and care for our communities must be St. Charles’ top priority. We agree. Raising standards to recruit and retain our best nurses and caregivers is the quickest, most effective solution to address St. Charles’ staffing crisis and to ensure our community has the caregivers it needs now and for years to come. 

In fact, decades of research and real-life experience prove when there aren't enough nurses, our patients have longer wait times and hospital stays, pay more for care, get more infections and injuries, are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital and are more likely to die. 

By working together, nurses believe we can make the historic across-the-board improvements we need to increase caregiver recruitment and retention and raise standards and pay for everyone at St. Charles and throughout our growing Central Oregon community.

We look forward to starting this new chapter at St. Charles and meeting face-to-face with Dr. Gordon to discuss how to make the improvements our patients, providers and community desperately need.

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, including more than 1,200 frontline nurses and allied health workers at multiple St. Charles Health facilities in Central and Eastern Oregon. ONA’s mission is to advocate for nursing, quality health care and healthy communities. For more information visit: www.OregonRN.org.

Attached Media Files: 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, including more than 1,200 frontline nurses and allied health workers at multiple St. Charles Health facilities in Central and Eastern Oregon. ONA’s mission is to advocate for nursing, quality health care and healthy communities.,