#dogsofstcharles It takes a special kind of personality to be a therapy dog, but Mr. Red seems to have been born to it. There is nothing Mr. Red, a Newfoundland, loves more than visiting St. Charles and getting attention and pats from patients, families and caregivers. According to his owner Michael, Mr. Red is gregariously happy and a social butterfly, treating everyone he meets like a new best friend-excellent traits for any therapy dog! Mr. Red holds a Complex therapy rating, which means that he is stable in stressful environments and specializes in volunteering in places like the emergency department, pediatrics, and Sage View Psychiatric Center, as well as with at-risk teens. He follows in the footsteps of Clyde, Michael’s first Newfoundland dog, who also earned a complex rating and has been volunteering at St. Charles since 2017. Mr. Red began working at St. Charles in 2023, with both dogs visiting St. Charles several days a week on alternating weeks. On his days off Mr. Red loves car trips into town and road trips to California, where he and Clyde also volunteer at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
About us
St. Charles Health System, Inc., headquartered in Bend, Ore., owns and operates St. Charles Bend, Madras, Redmond and Prineville. It also owns family care clinics in Bend, Prineville, Redmond and Sisters. St. Charles is a private, not-for-profit Oregon corporation and is the largest employer in Central Oregon with more than 3,800 caregivers. In addition, there are more than 350 active medical staff members and nearly 200 visiting medical staff members who partner with the health system to provide a wide range of care and service to our communities. Learn more at www.stcharleshealthcare.org.
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External link for St. Charles Health System
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
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- Public Company
- Founded
- 1918
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Bend, US
Employees at St. Charles Health System
Updates
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St. Charles Health System recently recognized several nurses for their extraordinary service and abilities. Four nurses received the DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses, a national award that recognizes the outstanding, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The nurses earning DAISY awards are: Krista Munns, a Medical Services nurse in Redmond, was recognized by a family for her care and compassion, sharing that “she was hugely supportive during a very difficult time.” Katie Pink, an Emergency Department nurse in Bend, was recognized for her “fervent application of clinical knowledge honed with her compassion and patience.” Janna Raber-Stevens, a Medical Services nurse in Prineville, was honored by a patient specifically for her ability to find a creative way to help them get some sleep, saying her efforts “made a huge difference in my outlook and attitude.” Riley Schafer, a Wound Ostomy nurse in Madras, was recognized by a patient for her tremendous care helping with a slow-healing wound, saying “Nurse Riley stood above the rest with her care, attitude and compassion.” Congratulations to all four nurses on this well-deserved honor!
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St. Charles Health System recently recognized several nurses for their extraordinary service and abilities. This year, three nurse leaders received DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses, a national award that recognizes the outstanding, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. St. Charles' inaugural winners of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse Leaders are: Ryan Huebscher, assistant nurse manager, Emergency Department, Bend, was honored for his “empathy, gentleness and strength.” Kelli Jo Hammack, nurse manager, Inpatient Services, Madras, was recognized for caring, approachable style and her tremendous clinical knowledge. Bethany Klier, nurse manager, Wound Ostomy, Madras, was recognized for being intelligent, strong, loving and fearless. Congratulations to these nurse leaders for the well-deserved honor!
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#humansofstcharles If you’re worried that a questionable mole might be skin cancer, there’s an app for that — thanks to Emma Nordstrom, a St. Charles volunteer and graduate of Bend’s Trinity Lutheran School. Earlier this year, Nordstrom, 18, was one of 200 high school students in the country to be recognized as a National STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Champion for her invention: A program that allows a person to scan a concerning lesion and will flag it if it shares characteristics with different types of skin cancer. Learn more about the story behind Emma's app at our website: https://bit.ly/4cqbbuW
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We were happy to be part of the Prideville celebration this weekend in Prineville! Our caregivers loved chatting with everyone who stopped by the booth and enjoyed another gorgeous day in Central Oregon while celebrating our community. #pride #pridemonth
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Our caregivers had such great day at the Pi-Ume-Sha health fair in Warm Springs! We had booths from St. Charles Madras Family Care, Stroke Awareness and St. Charles Cancer Center. It was a beautiful day outside meeting people in the Warm Springs community and providing resources and education on local health care access. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and said hello!
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In an effort to raise awareness and work toward a safer community, St. Charles has partnered with Gun Owners for Responsible Gun Ownership to distribute free gun locks to St. Charles caregivers and members of the public. The project, which was funded by a grant from St. Charles’ Community Benefit program, has distributed 269 handgun locks and 193 cable locks to its caregivers, plus a few dozen given to members of the public through a variety of locations. Dr. Rick Tietz, an urgent care doctor, helped champion this effort after helping care for a preschooler who died from an accidental gunshot wound early in his career. “Since then, I have been involved in ways to prevent this from happening. As physicians, our job is to save lives and gun locks save lives," Tietz said. "Children die from accidents involving guns and that is totally preventable with education and proper use of gun locks.” With nearly 500 gun locks having been distributed, the program is already a success, Tietz said. “We very well may have already saved a life," he said. "That alone makes it worth it.”
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