SUNY Orange adds RN crossing-training program

MIDDLETOWN —Realizing a growing need among local health care providers to expand training programs throughout the industry, SUNY Orange’s Center for Business Solutions and Professional Development is initiating a new registered nurse (RN) cross-training program, spearheaded by Peg Scribner, a respected educator and health care practitioner with more than 40 years of nursing experience. The new program, still in its developmental stages, will expand registered nurses’ expertise in areas such as emergency medicine, critical and cardiac care, and perioperative services. Having just recently retired from her post as chairwoman of the college’s Department of Nursing, Scribner will remain at SUNY Orange as a training and programming consultant. Scribner will focus her efforts on developing and implementing health care training programs for hospitals, long- and short-term care facilities, community health organizations and physicians offices. “Peg has already proven to be an invaluable resource for us,” says David Kohn, SUNY Orange Continuing and Professional Education director. “I can’t imagine a more qualified person to help us respond quickly and effectively to area health care providers’ training and programming needs.” Training programs are available on-site and on-campus and can be workshops or full programs. For more information about health care training programs being developed, call Donald Green, director of the Center for Business Solutions and Professional Development, at 845-341-4718.