Evergreen Healthcare welcomes new chief nursing officer
Published 12:13 pm Thursday, March 1, 2012
Evergreen Healthcare recently welcomed its new Chief Nursing Officer Nancee R. Hofmeister, MSN, RN, NE-BC, to the Evergreen staff.
As chief nursing officer, she is directly responsible for the planning, coordination and direction of nursing care and nursing practice at Evergreen.
Hofmeister joins Evergreen from Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich. For the past 10 years at Bronson, she held key nursing positions leading Bronson’s implementation of an organization-wide computer system for clinical documentation, reporting and the benefits and revenue cycle.
Under her leadership as director of nursing/professional practice, Bronson achieved employee engagement results significantly higher than organizational and national means, developed and implemented adult palliative care services and a closed-loop bar medication system, as well as an innovative bedside volunteer program for the adult medical unit.
Hofmeister is a registered nurse and holds a master of science in Nursing, and is also a board-certified nurse executive.
“Nancee brings an impressive background with her,” said Bob Malte, Evergreen CEO. “We are excited for Nancee to join us, and we look forward to her leadership.”
Hofmeister brings this experience to an already high-achieving nursing staff.
“I’m excited to be here, and I am so impressed with the quality of the nursing staff,” Hofmeister said. “Everyone here has been so warm and welcoming. Evergreen’s patients are very well taken care of.”
To learn more about Evergreen Healthcare, visit www.evergreenhealthcare.org or call Evergreen’s 24-hour nurse consultation Healthline at 425-899-3000.
