OR Internship Coordinator; Patient Care Specialist
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Vickie L Ripkey, MSN, MBA/HCM, RN, CNOR, is an experienced, perioperative nurse with a passion for developing and mentoring staff. Vickie obtained her bachelor in nursing from Cedar Crest College, and her MSN, MBA/HCM from the University of Phoenix. As the OR Internship Coordinator and Patient Care Specialist at LVHN, Vickie is instrumental in the recruitment of nurses to the perioperative arena. Vickie restructured the internship program when retention rates declined. The new, innovative strategies employed, increased overall retention rates by 64%.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Thursday, April 21, 2022