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Becky DeMers, RN, chief
quality officer
After obtaining her nursing
degree from North Idaho
College in Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, Becky DeMers re-
ceived advanced degrees in
nursing and business from
the University of Phoenix
in Phoenix, Arizona. Most
recently, DeMers was em-
ployed with the Washing-
ton Hospital Association,
where she was director of
quality and performance
improvement. DeMers also
worked as an international
consultant for hospital
operations with Navigant
Consulting. At Providence
Sacred Heart Medical Cen-
ter in Spokane, she served
as the emergency depart-
ment manager of a level II
trauma center and emer-
gency department.
DeMers has worked at
the system level on leader-
ship, quality and change
initiatives. She worked
with Voluntary Hospitals
of America (VHA) to create
a knowledge transfer plat-
form to share best practices
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the
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Samaritan
Healthcare's
fresh faces
in process and protocols.
Originally from Coeur
d’Alene, Idaho, DeMers has
three adult children, one
grandchild and another
grandchild on the way. In
her spare time, she enjoys
outdoor activities, espe-
cially kayaking, hiking and
horseback riding.
David Campbell,
director of business
development and
physician recruitment
A resident of our com-
munity since the fall of
1963, David Campbell has
worked for nonprofit or-
ganizations in Moses Lake
for the past 20 years.
Campbell worked as ex-
ecutive director at Samaritan
Healthcare Foundation and
as community development
coordinator at Samaritan
Healthcare from July 1999 to
March 2015. Prior to arriving
at Samaritan Healthcare, he
worked as executive direc-
tor at United Way of Grant
County and as foundation
manager at Columbia Basin
Foundation.
Campbell has been
active in several areas of
community service, in-
cluding the Rotary Club
of Moses Lake, where he
is a past president. He has
served as a board member
at the Grant County Emer-
gency Food & Shelter Pro-
gram, the Columbia Basin
Domestic Violence Con-
sortium, and the Family
Services of Grant County
(Head Start, Early Head
Start).
Campbell and his wife,
Jennifer, have five chil-
dren and four grandchil-
dren. All of the children
and grandchildren live in
Moses Lake. All of the chil-
dren and three of the four
grandchildren were born
at Samaritan Hospital. In
their spare time, Campbell
and his wife enjoy traveling
with friends and relatives.
Katie Bussard, RN,
CNM, MSN, director of
the Mother/Baby Unit
Katie Bussard is a reg-
istered nurse and certi-
fied nurse-midwife who
now serves at Samaritan
Healthcare as the director
of the Mother/Baby Unit.
After graduating from
Winston-Salem State Uni-
versity in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, Bussard
worked as a registered
nurse for 11 years in a
variety of inpatient hospi-
tal departments.
After receiving her
master’s degree in nurse-
midwifery from Frontier
Nursing University, Bus-
sard worked as a certi-
fied nurse-midwife with
the Indian Health Service
in high-risk obstetrics
on the Navajo reserva-
tion in Arizona. Most
recently, Bussard worked
in a hospital-based mid-
wifery practice in rural
Hawaii, while also serving
as director of nursing for
a critical access hospital.
A life-long learner, she
enjoys participating in
and providing hands-on
continuing education for
nursing staff.
Bussard has special
training in high-risk ob-
stetrics, lactation, obstet-
ric ultrasound, human
trafficking and sexual
assault forensics.
Originally from North
Carolina, Bussard is mar-
ried with four children.
She enjoys spending time
with friends and family,
reading, hiking and gar-
dening. Bussard is very ex-
cited to join the wonderful
team of dedicated nurses,
doctors and breastfeeding
specialists at Samaritan
Healthcare that serve the
families of Grant County.
Kurtis Kuykendall,
MBA, director of
process management
Kurtis Kuykendall has over
18 years of health care ex-
perience and joins Samari-
tan after spending the last
eight years at Arkansas
Children’s Hospital in Little
Rock, Arkansas. After ob-
taining his MBA at Weber
State University, Kuyken-
dall earned his Lean Six
Sigma Master Black Belt
from Villanova University.
He is also a graduate of the
IHI (Institute for Health-
care Improvement) Patient
Safety Executive Develop-
ment Program.
Much of his career
focus has been analyzing
systems and utilizing im-
provement science meth-
odologies to increase the
operational and clinical
efficiencies of large-scale
organizations.
As a native Washingto-
nian, he’s an avid outdoors-
man who always dreamt of
someday returning to the
Northwest. Growing up,
Kuykendall spent most of
his summers fishing the
Potholes. He also has pas-
sions for hiking, biking
and skiing. He has coached
travel baseball for the past
five years and is married
with two boys: a 12-year-
old and an 8-year-old.
When asked to sum up
his thoughts on moving
his career and family to
Moses Lake, he says, “I
am excited to not only be-
gin working at Samaritan
but to jump right in as
an active member of this
community.”
Jackie Britton, ARNP,
Samaritan urgent care
Jackie Britton has been a
nurse practitioner for six
years. She spent the first
four years of her career
in a large family practice
residency program pri-
mary care clinic work-
ing with the underserved
population of Fort Collins,
Colorado.
Her previous clinic is an
extension of The University
of Colorado Health, the
largest health care orga-
nization in Colorado. She
gained valuable experience
managing chronic illnesses
in a difficult patient popu-
lation with very limited
resources.
For the past two years,
she has worked in the
walk-in/urgent care clinic
of the same residency pro-
gram clinic. In the urgent
care setting, she has had
the opportunity to expand
her clinical skills while
maintaining the primary
care experience.
At Samaritan Healthcare, we seek out a special type of
employee—one who has the right education and experi-
ence, and one who has the compassion that our patients
deserve and our industry requires. Read on to meet the
five newest additions to our health care team.
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S A M A R I T A N H E A L T H
At Samaritan,
we seek
compassionate
employees.
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