Jeanne Dzurenko, MPH, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, has joined Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network as Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer.

Dzurenko, a health-care executive with more than 25 years of experience in advancing patient outcomes and promoting nursing excellence in small hospital settings and large academic health systems, oversees Good Shepherd’s nursing, patient safety, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, infection prevention, quality and regulatory compliance, education, wound-care, staffing and float pool teams. Dzurenko serves on Good Shepherd’s Senior Leadership Team.

Prior to joining Good Shepherd, Dzurenko was Administrator, Integrated Coordination: Inpatient Care Management, Lehigh Valley Health Network, where she was responsible for discharge-planning at seven acute-care hospitals and orthopedic surgical centers.

Prior to joining LVHN in 2018, Dzurenko held executive positions at One City Health, a subsidiary of NYC Health and Hospitals, New York, N.Y.; Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, N.Y., and New York University, New York, N.Y. While at NYU, Dzurenko was Director of Nursing, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dzurenko received a master of public health from the City University of New York, a bachelor of science in nursing from Niagara University and a post-graduate certificate in bioethics and humanities, co-sponsored by New York University and Montefiore Medical Center.

Dzurenko received a certification from the Wharton Nurse Leaders Program at University of Pennsylvania and is Nurse Executive Advanced-Board Certified. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Organization of Nurse Leaders and Sigma Theta Tau.