Ferry County Memorial Hospital
36 Klondike Road
Republic, WA 99166
(509) 775-3333
TDD/TTY (509) 775-2345
To learn more about the RONE program, visit Lower Columbia College Nursing Program.
As part of the class, students experience real-life medical scenarios through the use of a simulator. To learn more about the technology available to students visit METI Emergency Care Simulators.
The RONE program and FCPHD received coverage in the Spring issue of Rural Roads magazine, a publication of the National Rural Health Association. To read the article, download the magazine (11 MB PDF) and go to page 21.
If you are interested in becoming a
Registered Nurse (RN), become a Rural Outreach Nursing Education
(RONE) student. You may be eligible to receive your classroom
and clinical training instructions through a partnership with
Lower Columbia College and Ferry County Memorial Hospital right
here in Republic!
For more information, contact Helen Kuebel, MSN, RN Director of Nursing Programs, Lower Columbia College (LCC) at 360-442-2861 or hkuebel@lowercolumbia.edu, or Linda Odlin, RN at Ferry County Memorial Hospital, 775-3333.
Scholarships and/or loan forgiveness may be available. Contact Chris Wilkins at 360-236-2817 or healthprof@doh.wa.gov for additional information on these financial assistance programs.

RONE students (from lt-rt) Spring Lundgren, Wendy
Hunter, Christine
Timmons practice assessment skills on
instructor Allen Ferguson, BSN