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18765 SW Boones Ferry Road, Suite 200 · Tualatin, OR 97062 · Phone: 503-293-0011 · Fax: 503-293-0013 Email: [email protected] · Web: www.OregonRN.org

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September 29, 2021

Mr. Dennis Knox, CEO Mid-Columbia Medical Center 1700 E 19th St The Dalles, OR 97058

Dear Mr. Knox,

Our community deserves the best possible health care; and that requires highly qualified, experienced nurses. This care is best delivered by nurses who are local and have a vested interested in our community.

We, the undersigned nurses at MCMC, call The Dalles home. We have family and friends here. We want to stay here. But the administration of Mid-Columbia Medical Center is failing us, our patients and our entire community.

Since negotiations began in April, we have worked hard to help the administration understand the need for well-rested nurses who can create their own work-life balance. Research has repeatedly shown that nurses who are free to take their mandatory breaks and have control of their schedules provide better care, make fewer mistakes, and are less likely to burn out or look for work elsewhere.

At our last bargaining session, we felt positive progress was being made and that both sides seemed to better understand each other’s interests. However, after presenting our proposal that made some significant concessions, MCMC administration abruptly changed their tone and said they wanted to move to mediation. We have put a lot of time and effort into coming up with plans to improve recruitment and retention of nurses during a nationwide nursing shortage. Here is what we need:

• Staffing: Language to help ensure every department abides by a staffing plan and allows nurses to take breaks and lunches. According to the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), nurses are allowed two, 15-minute rest breaks in an eight-hour shift and three 15-minute breaks in a 12-hour shift. Only 10% of Mid-Columbia nurses are able to take those breaks. Most nurses won’t because instead of providing a nurse to cover breaks, management expects other nurses to double their load to cover. That’s not safe for patients or nurses.

• Fair Scheduling: Including self/collaborative scheduling as determined by a vote of nurses in each department. Management has been making final schedules without nurse input. A large percentage of nurses work variable shifts. We need work/life balance so that we can make commitments to our community, our families and ourselves. We are asking for management to lower the number of variable nurses. Right now, a unit can have up to 25% variable shift nurses. We want it to be 15%.

• Better Raises and Differentials: To recruit and retain excellent staff, especially on night shift. The Dalles and its surrounding communities have seen significant growth. In the

18765 SW Boones Ferry Road, Suite 200 · Tualatin, OR 97062 · Phone: 503-293-0011 · Fax: 503-293-0013 Email: [email protected] · Web: www.OregonRN.org

ONA is an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, AFT and AFL-CIO

last ten years The Dalles’ population has increased by more than 17 percent, but Mid-Columbia is struggling to recruit and retain nurses. We are competing with nearby hospitals like Providence Hood River, Good Shepherd, and St. Anthony’s. It is especially difficult for nurses in the middle wage steps, their pay is below what other area facilities are offering.

Settling for an agreement that does not substantially improve these core issues will make it difficult to retain and recruit high quality, professional staff. Many departments at Mid-Columbia are under-staffed and have been for years. When combined with the increased demand by the pandemic, stress levels are an at all-time high. Due to short staffing, nurses have been required to add non-nursing duties to their already full workload. Nurses are performing lab work, aiding in cafeteria service and cleaning rooms after COVID-19 patients have been moved out. We believe excellent patient care needs to be at the foundation of our partnership with the hospital. Without a fair contract in place that will recruit and retain nurses, the administration is choosing profits over patients.

The community sees the value of our work. At our public rally in August, hundreds showed their support and appreciation. Attached is a list of people who signed our petition and support our efforts. Please direct the management bargaining team to reach a fair agreement immediately.

Sincerely,

The ONA Negotiating Team

Judy von Borstel – Oncology Debbie Conklin – Oncology Kathy Stevens – First Impressions Becky Routson – Endoscopy Larena Braseth – Emergency Shelby Stroud – Critical Care

First name Last name City State CommentsMyrna Jensen Gresham ORShelby Stroud Wasco ORWesley Stuck The Dalles ORJennifer Jones The Dalles OR Nurses need better than this.Theodore Barrus The Dalles OR Nurses need better than this.Tina Marie Kauffman The Dalles ORNevan Keys The Dalles ORBridget May The Dalles OR

PAUL DEPRIEST The Dalles ORMCMC, do the right thing and give your nurses a fair and competitive contract.

Caryn George The Dalles ORCatherine DrPriest The Dalles OR

Shanna Blumenthal The Dalles ORIt's time these folks see some appreciation and respect!!

Ray Thomas Dufur ORDordena Wolfe The Dalles OR Step Up!Christine Kost Harrisburg ORAaron Kost Harrisburg ORSamantha Harrington The Dalles ORAnna Smith Harrisburg OR

Edith Bliese Harrisburg OR Please, nurses are so important to good careMarie Kirkpatrick Bellmead TXDaniel Meyers Harrisburg ORRyan Kirkpatrick Vancouver WALaurie Meyers Harrisburg ORBill Lennox The Dalles ORJohn Cardenas The Dalles ORDebra Lawtence Damascus ORKristen Meyers Portland ORKristina Brown The Dalles ORTanya Barrett Moro ORShannon Perry Hood River ORAmbor Achleithner Hood River ORHolly Rawlings Odell ORHolly Clausen Dufur OR Do the right thing MCMC!Garry Rawlings Odell ORNicole Chambers The Dalles ORKatie Montag The Dalles OREmily Flodell The Dalles ORCallie von Borstel Grass Valley OR Go nurses!!!Caleb McMillan Harrisburg ORAvery Mcmillan Hood River ORKyle Pfeifer Wasco ORJames Stroud Wasco OR

Linda von Borstel Grass Valley ORDo what's right. We need our nurses! Our Hospital needs its nurses.

Savanna Orendorff Moro ORYulissa Sanchez The Dalles ORAnn-Marie Sugg The Dalles ORDestiny McMillan Farmers Branch TXCourtney Lee Mount Hood Parkdale ORHeather McMillan North Richland Hills TX We support our nurses!!! Amanda Tobie The Dalles OR

Janna Hughitt The Dalles ORShelia Dardano Slidell LA Listen to the nurses!!

Stephen Russell Mount Hood Parkdale OR

The community needs you to support and respect nurses and all healthcare workers. Time to change!

Courtney Middleton The Dalles ORJamison Carter Cascade Locks ORNicole Ramsey The Dalles ORSoleil Ammon Mount Hood Parkdale OR

Linda Chambers Goldendale WAThese nurses deserve to be treated better ! They are all amazing and give big daily ..

Erika Santacroce-Ammon Mount Hood Parkdale ORMarisa Santacroce Portland ORKristin Whitley Grass Valley OR

Sharon Russell Mount Hood Parkdale OR

Please change your ways. We need to take good care of nurses so that they can take good care of the community!

Meghan Spurr The Dalles ORLoren Bliese Harrisburg ORKatie Nelson The Dalles ORNicholas von Borstel Grass Valley ORAugust Levine Mosier ORJeff Bird Dufur ORJolene Bird Dufur ORSteven Bailey Dufur ORPaul Yoon Moro ORKamala Malcolm Dufur OR

Kasey Webber Wasco OR

I support our nurses! Without them we don't receive care in hospitals! We cannot afford to lose any more during this pandemic!

Jaleena von Borstel Grass Valley ORWhitney Kaseberg Wasco ORMitzi Stansbury The Dalles ORJEFF WEBBER Wasco ORAmanda Whitman Grass Valley ORJessica Lara Hood River ORElton McMillan North Richland Hills TX

Jeanne Firstenburg Woodland WA

Nurses everywhere are just giving up. Treat yourself well and make them feel deeply appreciated.

Ashley Macnab Wasco ORJosh Macnab Wasco ORShawna Taylor The Dalles ORJessica Killian The Dalles ORAlexia Kelly We stand with nurses! Danielle Cooper Mount Hood Parkdale ORGina SANTACROCE Gresham OR Do the right thing!!Brett Smith Harrisburg ORSydney Wright Salem ORSydney Wright Salem ORBrittney Stone Cascade Locks ORVernon Pounds The Dalles OR Quit working out Nurses to deathKristen Correia Herrera The Dalles OR

Vanessa Lee Hood River OR

Angels Vargas Seaside OR

MCMC If you want good employees. take care of them!.

Ward Colleen Dufur OR

Kathleen Kincaid Goldendale WA

I was a patient at MCMC, following a major surgery. I have to say all the staff went above and beyond to insure that I was cared for and my needs were met. They NEED proper compensation and adequate staffing!

Nicole Stroud Corvallis ORHeather Chambers The Dalles ORAnne-Marie Aldridge Washougal WA

Jennie Meyers The Dalles OR

MCMC nurses work hard to care for their pt's. Have sacrificed a big part of themselves to take care of their pt's. I've worked beside these nurses in many areas of the hospital,they deserve so much. We need to take care of them to. It takes a special person to work in the medical field.

Erin Howland Hood River ORJennifer Wellar The Dalles ORShekina Polehn The Dalles ORMolly Bird Wasco ORAmie Nix The Dalles ORBrandi Smith Springfield ORRhonda Amadeo The Dalles OR Please help our nursesZoe Middleton The Dalles ORLaura Roe Glenwood WA

Tracey Wilson Salt Lake City UT

Although I'm not currently residing in TD, I have personally benefitted from the outstanding care provided by the MCMC nursing staff. All of the issues that the nurses are requesting sound completely reasonable. I would urged you to seriously consider accepting and implementing these priorities ASAP. Don't let the care patients receive be negatively affected by an administration's obstinacy to fair compensation and scheduling.

Rachel Warneking The Dalles ORHere's to a fair wage and appropriate nurse to patient ratios!! :)

Pamela Jussila Goldendale WALeah Sunitsch The Dalles OR

Lynne Allen The Dalles OR

Nurses are the heart of MCMC. During these difficult times, we must support them, devalue them.

Sierra Kirby The Dalles ORLeslyn Entriken Hood River ORRandy Murr The Dalles ORJana Parks Hermiston ORMadison Dody North Hollywood CA

Brent Parks Hermiston ORSeana Sherwood The Dalles OR

Galen Thompson Pendleton OR

A fair contract is essential to retain and recruit nursing staff. They have done so much.

Kara Flynn The Dalles OR THANK YOU, NURSES! Timothy Perkins Oregon City ORClaire Horton Hood River OR

Codie Selby Wasco OR

We need good nurses in the area and they deserve equal pay and benefits to surrounding hospitals! Let's keep good ones here

Maria Carabantes The Dalles ORK-Lei Helyer The Dalles OR

Scott Chance The Dalles ORI support our over worked and under paid nurses!

Matt Kelly Portland ORCheyenne Yeager The Dalles OR

Barbara Riley The Dalles OR

Nurses are the backbone of the hospital. They must have fair treatment and wages comparable to the essentially of their jobs. But the atmosphere and the workload has to be sustainable as well.

Dave Adams The Dalles ORKatelyn Hernandez The Dalles ORBruce Atkins Goldendale WA We need nurses and doctorsJoseph Selby Wasco ORMary Macnab Wasco OR We support our nurses!Jake Alger The Dalles ORShawn McCleary The Dalles ORMatthew Potter The Dalles ORTeresa Bollinger Stevenson WAShawn Stroud Wasco OR We stand in support of nurses!Jessika Nanez The Dalles ORAlan Jussila Goldendale WAGabrielle Rosette The Dalles OR Please be fair to our nurses!Danielle Herman Mount Hood Parkdale ORRhonda Rocka Bartley Portland ORLindsay Roll Lake Oswego ORAnn Bennett Coos Bay ORMichael Rozsa Hood River ORHenry Fouillade Bellevue WA Good luck Stephen Laroque The Dalles ORNicoleta NistorRyker Kay Hood River ORNikole Van Laar Hood River ORTasha Young Washougal WACarol Solbach Lyle WA

Bobbie Napoli The Dalles ORThese nurses deserve a fair contract!

Christina Torrey Mosier ORLacey Lloyd The Dalles ORLauren Veatch Dufur ORVickie Goodman Gresham OR

Matthew Calzia Eugene` ORAmanda Payne Wasco OR Thank you nurses!!Patricia Kaseberg The Dalles OR

margaret santacroce Mount Hood Parkdale ORwhere would we all be without our great nurses

Pavel Ammon Mount Hood Parkdale ORRachel Chesley Gold Bar WA

Rachel Anderson The Dalles OR

These are some of our most important community members, our front line. They deserve nothing but the best. I stand with our nurses!

Walt Urns The Dalles OR Treat your people with respect, please.

Amy Maddy Hood River ORNurses are what got us all through COVID. They deserve better

Brooks Maddy Hood River ORElizabeth Robinson The Dalles ORNatasha Sandquist Wasco ORDorothy Heideman The Dalles ORKatie Leavitt The Dalles ORSandra Alsworth North Bend ORSarah Romero White Salmon WANatalie Tago The Dalles ORShari Silva Hood River ORCiena Brittle Hood River ORBrittney Pozder Lebanon ORjulie lee Hood River ORLaura Lazinka Pendleton ORDawn Weast The Dalles ORMolly Burtchaell Portland ORDonna Grubbs The Dalles ORNicole Goldendale WACarl Nadler The Dalles ORLuise Langheinrich The Dalles ORIlene Noeun Portland WAKenneth Pricer Medford ORNarato Valadez Springdale WAAmelia Woodside Portland OR

Kathleen Moore Hood River OR Support our nurses! Honor their needs!

Carol Reid The Dalles OR

The nurses and dr.s who provide us with the best possible healthcare cant do said they're over worked,and understaffed. They can't do their job to the best of their ability. Let's get them the pay and hours they need and want.. let's try to get more nurses to fill these positions that are in great need ..they need the resources and pay they need to keep us healthy and safe as well

Ronald Stewart The Dalles OR

I have had the need of medical attention here several times and never been hurt or refused. I'm very familiar with one of your great RN staff and she will give her life for her patients, literally. Quit being greedy and help these great folks do the montrous job they are required to do. NO ONE should have to work 12 hours a day, that's insanity. For the meticulous service most of us patients expect these folks should work only 6-7 hrs so they're sharp and alert to do correct thinking on their feet. I'd be more than happy to testify in any meeting you have for the promotion of fair work standards and supreme pay for superior service.

Faith Lindley Tygh Valley OR

These ladies and gentlemen take care of my husband with cancer and all the other people that walk through your doors. They need competitive wages and fair treatment. This area needs quality care or people will leave.

Rachel Nelson, RN Wishram WARhondi Alvarado Fruitland ID Keep standing up for what's right. Ashleigh Hadden Reedsport ORShelby Lindsay Hillsboro ORTracie Henry Hillsboro OR Keep Fighting! You got this

Kristina Wiegman Portland OR

Nurses deserve to work safely and to be compensated for the work they do. Fellow nurses be safe.

Karlee Roth Dallesport WA

Nicole Widrosky Bend OR

RNs deserve safe staffing, so they can give the care their patients need without putting other patients in danger!

Rhonda Kenny Ontario ORJoanne Chenoweth White City OR

Rui Lund corvallis OR

Now is NOT the time to be stingy with your nurses. They need support!!! Happy employees make sure your patient population gets the care they deserve. Give your nurses what they deserve. Or you will lose them.

Ruth Gibbs Dufur ORI support our Nurses, They are the Backbone of the Hospital.

Lyndsey Austin Albany OR

I work as an LPN and the staffing ratios are always a joke. We are all so burnt out. Make federal staffing laws to protect nurses and CNAs.

Bridgette Eilert Portland ORPaul Goldberg Cottage Grove ORYvonne Blakemore RN Salem ORJill Hilderbrand The Dalles OR

Lynda Pond Eugene OR

Administration at Mid Columbia. Do the right thing, take care of your nurses so they can care for your patients.

Mayra Pizano_Vences Hood River ORLaura McBride tigard ORMeagan Wells The Dalles ORJayce Tappert Hood River ORJill Pearson The Dalles ORKatherine Moslander Tualatin ORMaria Medley Portland OR Support & empower nurses !Zachary Nause Portland ORTracy MacKenzie Corvallis ORHollie Oakes-Miller Salem ORChris Mahl Bend ORJana Potter Port ORSaraiAnna Peterson Richland WAAmy Petersen Pendleton ORAteusa Salemi Umatilla ORTiffany Eder Aloha ORhannah SevignyKatie Johnson Kelso WA

Wilhelmina Bacigalupi Lake Oswego OR

Now is the time to work to retain nurses. We need them desperately and many nurses that are not being retained are leaving nursing all together.

William Erickson Portland ORKristina Boatright Pendleton ORRose Vivier Dufur ORJessica Zeff Woodland WANathan Pierce Phoenix AZSierra OBrien Hood River ORHeidi Gustafson The Dalles ORRene Chance The Dalles ORJessika Nanez The Dalles OR Brian Hanson The Dalles ORDeena Cole Cole Mesa AZHeather Fitz-Gustafson The Dalles ORBrenda Herriges The Dalles OR I support our local nurses!!Annika Rietmann Condon ORAngeline mcbride Roosevelt WAJasmine Neubauer Bellingham WAKatie Calloway Dufur ORJennifer Hochmayr Hood River ORAngela Hanson The Dalles ORLee Olheiser The Dalles OR

Maria Boylan Garland TX

I support local nurses at Mid-Columbia Medical Center and ask Mid-Columbia Medical Center administration to address the nurses' priorities in negotiations. We deserve high quality nurses who are committed to keeping our community safe and healthy.

Tamara Quinton The Dalles ORSherilyn Hutchinson Veradale WA

Jess Whittemore Friendsville MDPlease keep my nurse step daughter safe, please !?

Darcy Salapatek Hood River ORI used to work here. Hope the conditions get better.

Brittany Roche Gresham ORLab never had fair staffing either! Never got breaks :(

Scott Dent Bingen WA

Seriously? These folks have to be exhausted from this preventable pandemic and on top of this you can't give them a fair contract?!?

Kristin Rein Portland ORTara McIntosh Condon ORChristy Diemer Hood River ORLisa Helms Condon ORDelaney Watkins Condon ORRenee Thessing Hood River ORMeggan Erland The Dalles ORRhonda Obrien Apache Junction AZJessy Lyon Dufur ORJennifer Houghtelling Condon OR

DianaO Compton The Dalles OR

Our local nurses at MCMC totally deserve the conditions they are requesting in their contract especially during this scary time. We need our nurses.

Repeka Seufalemua The Dalles ORKATY GHOSTHORSE Salem OR

Tina Woosley Beaverton OR

Please keep the local MCMC nurses working in an environment where their expertise is matched monetarily as well as their schedule is conducive to rest, family and community. They will be Healthier for this much needed improvement!!

Cathy England Bellevue WARene Durfey Condon OREllen Simonis Hood River ORMerika Edwards Dallesport WAMarylyn Mentzer The Dalles ORPamela Jussila Goldendale WAJessica Isley Condon ORGrace Medina The Dalles ORGrace Medina The Dalles OR I support you all 100%

Kayla McIntosh Condon OR

We have had excellent care from MCMC nurses during our appointments and stays at the hospital. The nurses deserve a fair contract. We want to keep these great nurses at MCMC.

Jonna Rattray Condon ORBritnei Rubio The Dalles ORK'Lynn Lane Condon OROcean Christensen Evans WAKayla Bernard Condon ORLynn Hoylman The Dalles ORZack Andress Goldendale WA Go ONA, we love our nurses!

Penny Andress Goldendale WAPeter Andress Goldendale WAMackenzie Coleman Goldendale WASarah Eubanks Goldendale WADanielle Dyment Centerville WA

jessica bieker Goldendale WA

I learned decades ago that it is the nurses that keep the hospitals running. I support your efforts and gladly attach my name to this petition. (I've been a patient at this hospital and the nurses were amazing!)

Stephanie Gunkel Goldendale WABrenna Akins Grants Pass ORZack Andress Goldendale WAJudy Olano Auburn WALucille Ward Goldendale WA Thank you nurses.

Dianne Marvel Goldendale WA

I fully support these nurses. Nurses carry the load and should be fully staffed, so they get their fair time for breaks.

Courtney Anderson The Dalles ORLinda Murray Centerville WADoreen EckasAnn-Marie Sugg The Dalles OR

Jaime Paiser The Dalles OR

Our nurses deserve a safe and productive work environment. They deserve to have their needs heard and met. I am disappointed in MCMC and the treatment of their employees.

Emily Hillestad The Dalles OR

Lorrie Garrett Goldendale WANurses have a tough Job, I respect their loyalty & dedication.

Tyler McLenithan Tygh Valley ORElizabeth Payne Goldendale WA Supporting our nurses cheryl Lynch The Dalles ORCharles Anderson Dufur ORKaren Munsen The Dalles OR

Veronica Clevidence Goldendale WA

Nurses are the front line of care. If they aren't rested and ready for their patients, both they and the patients pay the price.

Lisa Herseim Goldendale WADanielle Clevidence Goldendale WA

Barbara Wright The Dalles OR

Hospitals/corporations want their nurses to be well educated and the best in their field. They should be treated as the professionals they are. They are the eyes and ears of the Drs. when they aren't around. Treat them with the respect they are due. Pay them a good wage so they stay in the area and give the care the public deserves. And RESPECT them by not offering good wages/benefits it shows how little you value them.

Meranda Toole The Dalles OR

We can not function within our community without our nursing staff. I urge you to demonstrate your support for your staff by maintaining safe conditions, safe scheduling, and respectful pay.

Lisa O’Leary Centerville WA

Nurses are the absolute foundation of a good hospital. Show them the respect, love, and appreciation they very much deserve.

Bonita Green Goldendale WAAnne Hartzog The Dalles OR I support my fellow nurses!Shirley Honkala Goldendale WANera Griffin The Dalles ORjulie lee Hood River OR Please take care of your frontline!

Kevin OBrien Leavenworth WATake care of the nurses! They are on the front lines of this Pandemic!

Brittany Hopkins The Dalles OR

Julie Basznianyn Goldendale WATreat People FAIRLY! We NEED Qualified Nurses!!

Erik Vega The Dalles ORDonna Grubbs The Dalles ORBrenda Coleman Wasco ORBrenda Wager Goldendale WAChara Whittemore Friendsville MD

Bonnie Hare The Dalles ORHappy to thank the nursing staff at MCMC who have been there for us.

Esperanza Breaux The Dalles OR

I very much support all our nursing staff,and Value and appreciate them so much I hope you can see that there needs are and should be being met, there are risking there lives and that's more than $ can buy.. but they must care about others and that's why they out doing what they do! They need to be paid for there life risking efforts

Faith Lindley Tygh Valley OR

With all the changes in doctors and oncologists these nurses are why we continued to get care for my husband fighting cancer in The Dalles. They care and want the best. Please give them the best and get out of the way of the people who really need their services.

Charles Walbridge Bruceton Mills WVToni Tyler Condon ORSue Borton The Dalles OR

Kathleen Shelton Centerville WAYour hospital is only as good as its staff. You have great nurses, reward them!

Rhonda Murray The Dalles OR

Stephanie Draper Wahkiacus WA

I loved my nurses during my last stay and definitely think they all deserve to have the appropriate breaks and wages for the effort they give.

Kathleen Kelsay Maupin ORMary Wilson Goldendale WA

Allison Crimin The Dalles ORA hospital is nothing without nurses or doctors!

Pat Farrer Goldendale WAJane White The Dalles ORHenry Pfeuffer The Dalles ORMarie Wilson The Dalles ORVictoria Black Goldendale WATerrie Woodward The Dalles OREmily Chance The Dalles ORLillia Chance The Dalles ORAndrew Delameyer Oregon City ORJulie Konter Vancouver WAJavier Torres The Dalles ORCynthia Vazquez Gresham ORJazzmyne Walker Portland ORJanelle Johnson The Dalles ORKerry Baker The Dalles OR I support MCMC nurses! Jay Pavilionis Portland ORKyla Gabaldon Salem ORJoshua Silbernagel Battle Ground WAJanelle Sandoz The Dalles ORAshley Rosen Sandy OR

Karen White The Dalles ORWe have to support the workers. Especially essential workers.

Glenna Gibson The Dalles ORAndrea Krol Hood River ORLanoi Akita Dallesport WALisa Wilson The Dalles ORDenali Ravera Bend ORMeghan Klement The Dalles ORMichelle Patterson Gresham ORJennifer Estrada The Dalles ORShekina Polehn The Dalles ORYelena Zakhariya Portland ORRianna Dorr Wishram WAEleanor Lemann The Dalles OROacar Rodriguez The Dalles ORMary Wilson Portland OR

Katie Gregory White Salmon WA

Listen to our nurses, the community is watching the choices of your hospital administration. Thank you

Mallory Branson The Dalles OR

These issues need to be addressed within many, if not all, departments within MCMC. I no longer work for MCMC, but I used to work as an Exercise Specialist in the Medical Exercise Program. We were severely understaffed, underappreciated, and often it created an unsafe environment for patients, not to mention the level of patient care was not to the standard it should have been for a PlaneTree Hospital. I left because I was burnt out due to understaffing.

RENEE WOOD Redmond OR

Matah Brown Platteville COMelissa Leitz The Dalles ORSamantha Coons Moro ORWade McLeod Wasco ORSamantha Soffer Hood River ORGene LaDouceur The Dalles OR

Christine Pehl Aguirre Vancouver WA

Nurses are crucial to my care. Everyone deserves the most skilled, rested, and confident nurses.

Adrienne Streater The Dalles ORCedrienna Dixon The Dalles ORLeona Anderson Dufur ORTodd Davis The Dalles ORShawna Smith Appleton WACarolyn Davis The Dalles ORNick Hammond The Dalles ORBrendq Alaniz The Dalles ORNicole Stocks The Dalles OR

Ray Thomas Dufur ORPay them! We need nurses! Not traveling nurses.

Angela Krenz White Salmon WA

Kristin_ thompson Rogue River ORThe dalles general has always and still have awesome nursing staff

Gillian Nelson Dufur ORSharon Gutzler Hood River ORKelly Chausse Gresham ORRuth Longland Hood River OR

Debbie Harth The Dalles OR

I have been a patient of Celilo Center, and MCMC hospital. The nurses always gave me excellent care. I have been very aware of the mis management in the past year especially. Always having a different Oncologist, they come and go so frequently, I stopped trying to keep up with the names. As a patient its been very difficult. Cancer is hard enough, but when you can't depend on administration to give you stability with who you will be your Dr. Its scarry and frustrating. I truly hope the nurses will be supported by management. They work so hard and I've watched them deal with very heavy loads, that I did not think was fair to them.

Amaris Barrera Hood River OR

Jillyn Netcher Olathe KS

These aren't just nurses, these are people in our community. Please give them the respect, pay, input and care as you want in your position in career and a resident of the community.

Jenna Rizzuto Hood River ORCarly Lowe The Dalles ORDebby Vandevanter Hood River OR Highly important to prevent Burnout!!