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Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest Division
Demonstrating courage, resilience and innovative thinking in the delivery of care.
— Dianne Aroh, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, PNW Division Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Division Locations
Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma St. Michael Medical Center, Silverdale St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood St. Elizabeth Hospital, Enumclaw St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way St. Anne Hospital, Burien Bailey Boushay House, Seattle
Ambulatory Services
Virginia Mason Regional Medical Centers Franciscan Medical Groups
Oregon
CHI St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg
Putting Patients First
Pacific Northwest Division nurses support physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of patients across the entire health continuum — empowering and supporting people is paramount to our community commitment.
FY2022 demonstrated the ability of the Pacific Northwest Division’s nursing team to continually respond to the pandemic from one surge to another — through agility, collaboration and focus on the safety of team members, our patients, and the communities we serve. With ever-changing state mandates, our nurses’ and nursing leaders’ flexibility in the delivery of care demonstrated courage, resilience and innovative thinking.
Even with the profound upheaval of the pandemic, it has been quite an eventful time for the PNW Division. In November, we welcomed Dianne Aroh as our Chief Nursing Officer. Dianne came to us from New Jersey where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Patient Care Officer at Hackensack University Medical Center.
The Division also continued growing and improving its Centralized Operations Center, where several elements of virtual care are provided to facilities across the Pacific Northwest as well as other CommonSpirit facilities. Operations Center services include Virtual ICU, remote cardiac monitoring,
19 UNITS ACROSS THE DIVISION
have achieved Zero Patient Harms during FY22.
Above, left to right: SuperVax COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic in Seattle, WA; the Race to Zero Patient Harms Award recognizes and honors the inpatient units that achieve a sum of zero patient harms in five categories for an entire quarter; RN providing Intensive Care Virtual Services.
Building Community
Throughout 2021, the teams across Virginia Mason Franciscan Health made significant contributions to the COVID-19 vaccination efforts within the communities they serve. Along with vaccinating staff, they partnered with organizations across the region, including Amazon and professional sports teams such as the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders and Seattle Mariners. Collectively, more than 2,100 team members volunteered to provide over 426,000 vaccines throughout their local communities.
Noteworthy Numbers
Nearly
5,000
Total Nurses
1,485
Beds Across Division
2
Facilities (St. Michael Medical Center and St. Anthony Hospital) achieved American Nursing Credentialing Centers’ Pathways to Excellence designation.
— Cathy Smith, MN, RN, CMSRN, Clinical Manager 7th floor Med-Surg, St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
and remote tele-sitter care to support the direct frontline team members.
Pacific Northwest nursing continues to improve our quality and safety practices to consistently provide the best care possible to our communities. Our Leapfrog grades demonstrate our success (see below). •
2021 Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grade Program Recipients
Five facilities received an “A” grade: • Virginia Mason Medical Center,
Seattle, WA • St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, WA • St. Anthony Hospital, Gig Harbor, WA • St. Clare Hospital, Lakewood, WA • St. Michael Medical Center,
Silverdale, WA
Two facilities received a “B” grade: • St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA • St. Anne Hospital, Burien, WA
