By Dave Graves
November 9, 2023
DeeAndra Sandgren, vice president of nursing and clinical services for the Good Samaritan Society, holds bachelor’s degrees from SDSU and Black Hills State University.
While it doesn’t show on her resume, she also earned a Life degree while growing up in Lemmon and later living in Rapid City and Spearfish. Sandgren said it’s amazing how useful her multicolored occupational background is in her current role. She has worked as a roofing salesman for her father, been a floral designer, worked as both a bouncer and poker dealer at Deadwood and done other hospitality jobs.
“I’ve met all sorts of different people, so I can relate to all types of people,†said Sandgren, who has spent her entire nursing career with the Good Samaritan Society.
In her current role, she oversees clinical practice and sets the vision for delivering person-centered care for a nursing staff of nearly 6,400 at more than 330 facilities in 17 states from Florida to Hawaii.
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