NOVEMBER 27, 2013 • SENIOR REVIEW | 17
Local colleges produce a great leader Jaden Rosser moved his young family to Payson from Apache Junction eight years ago so he could pursue his nursing degree through Gila Community College and then Northern Arizona University. Supporting his family as a Certified Nursing Assistant, Licensed Practical Nurse and subsequently Registered Nurse, Rosser worked for Payson Regional Medical Center for about five years. Rosser soon moved up the management ladder, accepting a position Contributed photo at Payson Care Jaden Rosser, Payson Care Center’s director of nursing, led Center as its the facility to a deficiency free Assistant Director rating in a state survey. of Nursing. He was quickly promoted to the position of Director of Nursing, supervising a nursing staff of more than 100 and becoming a leader to more than 140 employees. Rosser has just achieved something few nursing directors will ever accomplish. He led his team and the entire staff at Payson Care Center to a deficiency free state survey by the Arizona Department of Health Services. Each year, the state conducts a survey of every licensed skilled nursing facility and typically finds multiple deficiencies. The facility is then allowed to correct those items and improve the facility’s rating. This year, Arizona’s survey reported Payson Care Center to be deficiency free, which is extremely rare. Payson Care Center’s federal survey was also outstanding, with only minimal “tags” that the facility was permitted to correct. Not only has Payson produced a great nurse and leader, Rosser will most likely be one of the most sought out directors of nursing in the skilled nursing industry. Payson Care Center is proud of Rosser, and Payson should be as well.