Fedelta Announces New Medical Staffing Division -

Appoints Darin Meyer to Vice President Healthcare Services

Fedelta Medical Staffing Poised to Address Puget Sound Healthcare Worker Void

BELLEVUE, Wash.�|Sept 24, 2007�| Fedelta Home Care, LLC (www.fedeltahomecare.com), an awarding-winning Washington state licensed healthcare agency serving the Greater Seattle area, including King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, today announced its newest service offering, Fedelta Medical Staffing (www.fedeltamedicalstaffing.com).  Overseeing this recently-formed arm, as well as healthcare-related functions within Fedelta Home Care will be Darin Meyer, Vice President Healthcare Services.

According to the National Commission on Nursing Workforce, there are nearly 100,000 vacant nursing positions in long-term care facilities on any given day, and the nurse turnover rate exceeds 50 percent.  Recognizing this need, Fedelta Medical Staffing is committed to helping hospitals and healthcare facilities improve their quality of service delivery through offering highly skilled nurses quickly and with the utmost of ease.

Fedelta Medical Staffing provides Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants on a temporary, direct hire or project basis to hospitals, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities.  This new division uniquely complements Fedelta Home Care’s successful set of in-home services.  By outsourcing various key medical positions, medical facilities will be better equipped to make more productive use of internal resources.

Through an extensive battery of selection processes and criteria, Fedelta Medical Staffing’s nurses complete a comprehensive skills assessment, competency testing, background & reference checks, drug testing and employment & reference checks.  Committing to provide only the highest tier of healthcare workers, Fedelta Medical Staffing allows hospital and facility staffing managers to reduce overall recruitment and training costs.

Joining the Fedelta team in the capacity of Vice President Healthcare Services is Darin Meyer, a Registered Nurse with over 15 years of medical experience.  Most recently the Director of Nursing at Covenant Shores on Mercer Island, Darin oversaw health care for over 350 seniors.  Having a broad medical background, Darin’s resume’ includes experience in several Seattle hospitals, as well as a number of long-term care facilities.

 “We are very fortunate to have someone of Darin’s background to join our company at such a strategicpoint in our ongoing development,” said Steve Meyer, Fedelta CEO.  “Darin brings a wealth of critical experience that will benefit not only Fedelta, but the healthcare staffing community as a whole.”

About Fedelta

Founded in 2004, Bellevue-based Fedelta Home Care (www.fedeltahomecare.com) provides non-medical home care, home health care services, care management services, safety assessments and Quality of Life Care programs.  Fedelta Medical Staffing (www.fedeltamedicalstaffing.com) was formed in 2007 to address the ever-increasing need for temporary, direct hire or project-based RNs, LPNs and NACs to hospitals and long-term care facilities.  Fedelta is made up of business management professionals, geriatric care managers, human resources specialists, licensed healthcare providers and highly-dedicated companion caregivers.  Fedelta is a member of the National Private Duty Association (NPDA), the Home Care Association of Washington and the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM).  Fedelta was the 2006 Winner of the Western Washington Better Business Bureau Customer Service Award.  Fedelta Home Care and Fedelta Medical Staffing are led by CEO Steve Meyer.  For more information, call toll free: 866-411-6543, write info@fedeltahomecare.com or visit www.fedeltahomecare.com.

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