Hospital closing Kitsap pediatric clinic, changing SANE program

By: Conor Wilson

Outlets: Kitsap Sun

Published: March 12, 2026

Words: 530

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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St. Michael Medical Center confirmed this week that it will make changes to one program and close a clinic over the next month, but it remains unclear exactly how staff will be impacted by these alterations.

The first change will shift control of the hospital’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program to RSI, a forensic nursing services organization, hospital President Chad Melton wrote in an email to the Kitsap Sun.

SANE services have been locally-operated …

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