Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
An accomplished 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, Jeanne Dzurenko, MPH, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, oversees Good Shepherd Rehabilitation’s nursing, patient safety, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, infection prevention, quality and regulatory compliance, education, wound care, staffing and float pool teams.
Prior to joining Good Shepherd, Dzurenko worked as administrator of integrated coordination: inpatient care management at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), where she was responsible for discharge planning at seven acute-care hospitals and orthopedic surgical centers.
Before joining LVHN in 2018, Jeanne held high level executive positions at One City Health, a subsidiary of NYC Health and Hospitals (New York, NY); Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (West Islip, NY); and New York University (New York, NY). While working for NYU, Dzurenko served as the Director of Nursing at Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Dzurenko holds a master of public health degree from the City University of New York, a bachelor of science degree 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 earned a certification from the Wharton Nurse Leaders Program at University of Pennsylvania and also is Nurse Executive Advanced-Board Certified. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Organization of Nurse Leaders and Sigma Theta Tau.