b'CONCORD HOSPITAL HEEAALLTTHHSSYYSSTTEEMM | CO|CommunityityIImmppaactCONNCCOORRDDHHOOSSPPIITTAALLHHEALTH SYSTEM| Q ctCommunuality & Safety: Our FoundationPROVIDER PROFILEDanielle Shepard, APRN& Andrew Hershey, CRNADRAWN TO THE AREA AND EXCEPTIONAL, SAFE CAREThe chance to relocate to the Northeast, where thereShepard was a nationally ranked figure skater. Aftergrowing hospitalist program at Concord Hospital - is access to hiking, canoeing, and snowboarding, wasearning an associates in nursing, she moved to TexasLaconia. I never stop running, Shepard says. My a big draw for Advanced Practice Registered Nurseahead of COVID-19, and became a traveling nurse.position is a combination of rounding and admitting. Danielle Shepard, and Certified Registered NurseThe couple turned down other offers, opting for theI like the diversity between those two sides and Anesthetist Andrew Hershey. The opportunity to workcommunities in Concord (where Hershey works mostfiguring out plans for care and safe discharge.for a health system, in the state where Shepard grewof the time), Laconia (where Shepard spends theAlthough Shepard and Hershey work in different up, offered further enticement for the couple. majority of her time as a hospitalist), and Franklin. areas of nursing, both acknowledge that it is nice to Concord Hospital Health System has a communityWe like real winters, open space, mountains, oceans,come home at the end of the day to a partner who vibe, says Hershey, a nurse anesthetist who isand international airports, Hershey says. All of thoseunderstands the stresses involved in the job. Its originally from Pennsylvania, and we have a deepthings are right here in New Hampshire. so nice, Hershey says, to have someone who truly appreciation for the area. Its an honor to be part of understands what youve seen during the day.a health system that provides exceptional, safe care Hershey loves working in anesthesia, while Shepard to its patients. was drawn to the opportunity to be part of the Hershey and Shepard met in Montana in 2017, when both were working as traveling nurses. Hershey followed his sister into the medical profession, while Shepard, a native of Litchfield, New Hampshire, started out with a degree in biochemistry. Growing up, 12'