Ms. Giese is a 32-year veteran of Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, where she has served in various roles including director of surgical services, and for the last seven years, CNO. She has fostered a reputation that seeks quality care in every area of her stewardship. Her leadership is extremely vital to the organization in this current environment, where the nursing shortages have become the norm in nearly every community. She continues to focus on improving the hospital’s culture, which has reduced traveler nurse usage to 0.002%, the equivalent of one travel nurse out of 414 RNs, for an overall year-to-date nursing retention rate of 93.92%. Her leadership has been instrumental in improving employee and physician satisfaction and continued growth during a period in which these trends have proven to be challenging.
