"Nurses are at different stages in their lives. Some people have babies at home; some people are empty nesters; some are brand new grads … so you have to be flexible with where the person is at." — Tori Bernier, chief nursing officer (CNO) of Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, Washington COVID-19 has created chaos in nurse staffing, particularly for rural hospitals, which don't have a large pool from which to pull, like larger health systems have. Tori Bernier, chief nursing officer (CNO) of Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, Washington, has lost nurses to a larger health system nearby that offers lucrative sign-on bonuses and to high-dollar travelers' wages. I talked with her to find out how she's managing to recruit and retain nurses amidst those challenges. Read about it HERE. | 
