Palliative Care Coordinator
Sutter Health Sacramento-Sierra Region
Palliative Care
Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital,11815 Education Street
Auburn
CAUSA
95602
Email:
cate_mcgregor@att.net
Biographical Sketch: Catherine earned her Masters of Science Degree in Nursing in Adult Health and Education. She is a Diplomat and Fellow of the Nightingale Society. As a nurse educator she has been a faculty member of the Sierra College School of Nursing, a guest lecturer at Phoenix University and has spoken at both state and national conferences on issues relating to end-of-life care. Her passion for promoting quality of life for those with life-limiting disease has engaged her in a 26 year career of Hospice and Palliative Care nursing. Currently Catherine is the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region Palliative Care RN Coordinator for Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital. She was the team lead consultant for the PREPARED Project and has been active with the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California in their efforts to promote the POLST Paradigm in California and co-developer of the California POLST Education Program. She serves as a Nurse Consultant on several grants from the California HealthCare Foundation that focus on improving end-of-life care services in California.