{"id":24404,"date":"2023-06-02T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24404"},"modified":"2023-12-27T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T00:54:35","slug":"local-graduates-fulfill-career-passions-at-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/local-graduates-fulfill-career-passions-at-samaritan\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Graduates Fulfill Career Passions at Samaritan"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Local Graduates Fulfill Career Passions at Samaritan<\/h1>\t\t<time>June 2, 2023<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_887fa47785ab39e57c31d0b665dc552e\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Cameron Vasquez began his health care career as an emergency department scribe, an experience that sparked his passion for emergency care and set him on a journey to become a registered nurse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI fell in love with the ED as a scribe. I was able to be right there with the doctors in emergency situations, but I wanted to play a bigger role in patient care,\u201d said Vasquez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vasquez enrolled in an EMT program and was then hired as an emergency department tech where he was able to play a part in patient care including CPR, EKGs, wound care and<br>splinting bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Vasquez was excited to provide care to patients, he wanted to do more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI realized I really wanted to be a nurse, so I enrolled in the nursing program at Oregon Coast Community College, which is a two-year program,\u201d said Vasquez. \u201cIt was a tough program but amazing and well worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Vasquez graduated from the program in 2022 he was immediately hired into the new nurse graduate program at <a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/find-a-location\/samaritan-north-lincoln-hospital\">Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love working with the ED team here. They are amazing,\u201d said Vasquez. \u201cAnd I love being a nurse and working at the bedside caring for our patients and comforting them and their family members with a hug or kind words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passion for work extends across all of Samaritan, including in the thousands of administrative and technical roles that help ensure operations run smoothly each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corvallis High School and Oregon State University alum Noah Seumalo was often his family\u2019s \u201cIT guy\u201d growing up and has now found his niche with Samaritan\u2019s Information Services Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seumalo first connected with Samaritan as a student athlete playing for Oregon State\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe team offers a program called Beyond Football that helps guide players in planning for life after college. Through that I learned that Samaritan had jobs that aligned with my computer science education and interest,\u201d said Seumalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seumalo joined Samaritan in 2022 as a systems analyst. He works 100% remotely providing a wide variety of tech support for corporate applications, including everything from login issues to upgrading  applications for the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWorking remotely can be challenging when you\u2019re learning a new position, but I work with a great team that respects one another and balances a dedication to excellence and productivity with having fun together,\u201d said Seumalo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Seumalo enjoys being part of an organization that makes a difference in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe level of satisfaction and fulfillment I have from working for an organization that really makes a difference in the lives of the patients we care for and the community we serve is not something I think I could find in a corporate setting,\u201d said Seumalo.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CameronVasquez-SNLH-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cameron Vasquez standing in front of Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital&#039;s entrance.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CameronVasquez-SNLH-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CameronVasquez-SNLH-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CameronVasquez-SNLH-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NoahSeumalo-H2H-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta\" alt=\"Noah Seumalo standing in front of a computer monitor.\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two local high school graduates fulfill their career passions at Samaritan Health Services. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":11649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"June 02, 2023","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[293],"news-types":[272],"services":[235],"specialty":[31],"class_list":["post-24404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-wellness","news-types-news","services-emergency-care","specialty-emergency-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24404"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24404"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24404"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24404"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}