In this episode, host Marc Goldberg interviews Oregon Coast Community College graduate Cameron Vasquez who shares more about his experience in the nursing program at OCCC and now working as a registered nurse at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital. He emphasizes the value of clinical rotations as part of his nursing program and how he views his employment at the hospital as a quality job.
This is followed up with engaging conversations with the CEO of Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Dr. Lesley Ogden and OCCC President Dr. Birgitte Ryslinge both reflecting on Cameron’s interview and sharing the importance and mutual benefit of the long standing partnership between the college and hospital to support both economic mobility for residents and employer workforce needs in a rural coastal region of the state.