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Our position at the crossroads of urban and suburban communities provides a unique opportunity explore new specialties while serving the people who need your compassion and skill the most. Our nurses are vital to our mission in every department and every clinic.

We see about 80,000 patients during 500,000 visits each year, including in our 27 clinics and our 302-bed acute care hospital, which includes ICU, CVICU and telemetry. Our primary care, urgent care and care clinics depend on advance practice nurses, RNs and CNAs to care for our diverse patient population across the east side of the Portland metropolitan region.

"When difficulties arose within my department, my voice was heard and the creative solutions I presented were embraced and supported. I am never afraid to share my thoughts because I know I will be heard and be treated fairly."

- Samantha Lancaster, RN, infusion services

Key specialties

Northwest Regional Heart & Vascular

Nurses in our flagship cardiovascular program, functions.

Our single room model of care means parents keep the same room for labor, birthing, recovery and postpartum. The unit includes 24 beds and a Level 1 nursery with OHSU teleNICU support for neonatal stabilization before transport. We typically have 400–500 deliveries per year and also care for a variety of gynecology patients.

Critical care

Our med/surg ICU has 12 beds. Our nurses are supported by a 1:1 or 1:2 nurse/patient ratio, constant observers as needed and continuous patient monitoring through clinics: Clackamas, Damascus, Gresham Station, Parkrose (Portland), Portland, Sandy and Troutdale

Other nursing areas

• Care management
• Clinical education
• Informatics
• Management
• Palliative care
• Performance improvement
• Quality