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Regence Foundation Awards Nearly $250,000 in Grants to Northwest Nonprofits
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
The Regence Foundation announced today
$246,500 in grants for four Northwest nonprofits: HealthMatters of Central
Oregon, WithinReach, Critical Access Hospital Network and Northwest
Organization of Nurse Executives. The grants all support nonprofit programs
with innovative plans to improve quality of care and increase access to care.
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Oregon State Hospital Touts Nurse Hiring Success
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The Oregon State Hospital is touting its recent success in hiring nurses. But critics say that’s only one part of what the beleaguered agency needs to do. Salem Correspondent Chris Lehman reports.
A scathing federal report last year blasted conditions at the iconic mental institution in Salem.
The Justice Department’s review concluded that the safety of staff and patients was at risk due to inadequate staffing, including nurses.
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Law Provides Health Insurance For All Oregon Children
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Health insurance for nearly all of Oregon’s children is now a reality, thanks to House Bill 2116 signed into law by Gov. Ted Kulongoskii in Portland. The “Healthy Kids” legislation, along with the governor’s earlier approval of a companion bill, paves the way for providing affordable health insurance for 95 to 98 percent of Oregon’s children within the next two years. The less than 100-percent goal takes into account the reality that some children live with families that move too frequently or that avoid authorities.
According to an article appearing in the August 3 issue of The Oregonian, Gov. Kulongoski wants his commitment to provide health insurance to children to rub off on President Obama. “I would tell him, ‘Start with children.’ Make sure every child in this country has access to health care. It is not only a health issue. There is a great equality issue in this.”
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Health concerns heat up in Portland area
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
There was a time when a summer heat wave in the Northwest was like a winter cold snap or a spring rain, an irritating but innocuous blip on the meteorological calendar.
In recent years, however, public agencies have begun treating excessive heat as a health emergency with the potential to kill the elderly or infirm.
This week, that shift has prompted a slew of warnings as temperatures soared past 100 degrees and public agencies coordinated efforts to provide transportation to local cooling centers.
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PCC Sylvania nursing student wins award for Latino outreach
Thursday, July 09, 2009
When Rocio Ceja-Bolanos notices someone in need of a translator at the grocery store or on the street, she doesn’t hesitate to help.
“If I see the need, I’ll jump in,” said Ceja-Bolanos, 30, of Tigard. “I’m not shy.”
Translating has been the norm for Ceja-Bolanos, who recently won the Outstanding Woman Student Award from Portland Community College’s Sylvania campus.
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Medical mission serves 1,686 patients
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
When Cascade Medical Team came looking for volunteers to serve in an isolated and impoverished area of Guatemala, several Salem-area professionals raised their hands.
A group of more than 100 people — mostly from Oregon — spent about 12 days this spring providing everything from dental exams to wheelchairs serving the largely Mayan population in rural Solola.
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U of Portland’s Nursing Student Enrollment Grows
Monday, June 22, 2009
Thirty University of Portland nursing students are selected annually for the Providence Scholars Program. In return, they agree to work full time for three years for the Providence system in Oregon.
The program started in the 2002-03 academic year, according to the Oregonian. It is one of several efforts developed in the past eight years by a coalition of educators, health systems, and professional organizations to increase the number of nurses and nursing educators in Oregon.
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West Valley Hospital nurses earn excellence awards
Monday, May 25, 2009
Salem Health recognized several West Valley Hospital nurses recently for clinical excellence during a Nurses Week 2009 concluding awards banquet held at the Oregon Gardens in Silverton.
Robert Dow, a registered nurse in the WVH emergency department, earned recognition in the “Community Service” category. Dow was praised for extensive volunteer work with multiple nonprofits.
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Nursing Program Gives Immigrants Path Out of Poverty
Friday, May 08, 2009
Many American hospitals encourage patients to fill out a comment card about the service they received. Iryna Zhgya gets a lot of these comments. She keeps them in a binder at her home and enjoys looking through it, reminiscing.
She pulls out a comment card from one especially difficult patient and reads, “Iryna is an excellent RN, and she knows how to be firm but yet gentle.”
Zhgya learned those skills back in Ukraine.
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Meeting our health care challenge
Friday, April 10, 2009
Today more than ever, we need a strong and efficient health care system. Nothing is more important that the health and welfare of our citizens, especially the most vulnerable. But Oregon’s health care system is not effective or sustainable. The serious nursing shortage combined with the rise of for-profit health care has affected how well we can care for our patients.
The cost of health insurance premiums has increased dramatically over the past decade. We must find a way to improve access to affordable health care coverage. Especially in the current economic crisis, Oregon must invest in the state’s health care system to provide services that promote preventive and preliminary care.
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