My Journey Into Nursing
JUly 2019 my journey into nursing Dorothy Bybee, RN, MSN/MBA-HC, NEA-BC VICE PRESIDENT OF PATIENT CARE SERVICES/CHIEF NURSING OFFICER Dorothy Bybee has always been drawn to larger organizations. She became the vice attend conferences,” she said. “We are nursing because she likes how it blends president of patient care services/chief also encouraged to be innovative and our science with the art of caring. That’s why nursing officer at Columbus Community ideas are well received. As I have needed she planned on going into the career after Hospital (CCH) in April 2017. new positions and looked at new service high school – but life took her in a different lines, CCH has been supportive.” direction. In this position, Bybee oversees nursing operations in several areas of the hospital, Bybee cited the hospital’s new patient “I started with nursing in mind out of including, inpatient, outpatient, surgery, navigation program that better educates and high school and got sidetracked with emergency department, home health, prepares patients for cancer treatment, as marriage and children,” she said. medical/surgical, obstetrics and wound a great example of new positions that have changed the lives of CCH’s patients. But Bybee hadn’t forgotten her high school care. dream. When her family moved closer to She also oversees the pharmacy, respiratory She is happy to have been part of bringing “jumped at the a nursing program, she therapy, case management, quality, this new service line to the community and chance with three kids in tow.” credentialing, risk management, regulatory she’s happy she ended up in the health care field.
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