October 2010 About this issue: Check out Adventist Health's Distinctive Brand of Care in the October Gleaner. See how they share God's love by providing physical, mental and spiritual healing. Feature Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care October 01, 2010 | Brittany Russell Imagine you’re in the emergency room. After seeing the doctor, orders are written for your treatment. Maybe you need labs drawn, an x-ray taken or medications dispensed. But what if the person processing the order can’t read the physician's handwr... Download PDF (6.37 MB) More Features Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care Imagine you’re in the emergency room. After seeing the doctor, orders are written for your treatment. Maybe you need labs drawn, an x-ray taken or medications dispensed. But what if the person processing the order can’t read the physician's handwr... Read more Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care Adventist Health has a long-standing history of caring for the whole person. The mission of sharing God’s love by providing physical, mental and spiritual healing has been with us in theory since 1866 when early church leaders opened the first san... Read more Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care Adventist Health has a long-standing history of caring for the whole person. The mission of sharing God’s love by providing physical, mental and spiritual healing has been with us in theory since 1866 when early church leaders opened the first san... Read more President's Letter As a health care organization, it’s a given that we focus on care. You might automatically think of physical care — how well we treat and minister to the body. What you might not realize is that at Adventist Health, our distinctive brand of care i... Read more 'Til Death Do Us Part The med/surg unit at Walla Walla General Hospital, Walla Walla, Washington, was quiet except for the hum of the ventilator. It was late and most patients were asleep — but not Dale.As he lay on the cot next to his wife’s hospital bed, he reached t... Read more President's Letter As a health care organization, it’s a given that we focus on care. You might automatically think of physical care — how well we treat and minister to the body. What you might not realize is that at Adventist Health, our distinctive brand of care i... Read more 'Til Death Do Us Part The med/surg unit at Walla Walla General Hospital, Walla Walla, Washington, was quiet except for the hum of the ventilator. It was late and most patients were asleep — but not Dale.As he lay on the cot next to his wife’s hospital bed, he reached t... Read more Caring for Caregivers For Adventist Health staff, providing compassion and a gentle touch comes with the territory. However, some acts of love and compassion from employees aren’t aimed at patients but toward each other. The experience of one employee at Adventist Medi... Read more Blue Angels Danny Parada received a call to report to the labor and delivery department immediately. As the hospital chaplain hurried down the hallway, he saw a patient gurney headed toward the elevator.“We have to get her into surgery,” said the doctor who, ... Read more Caring for Caregivers For Adventist Health staff, providing compassion and a gentle touch comes with the territory. However, some acts of love and compassion from employees aren’t aimed at patients but toward each other. The experience of one employee at Adventist Medi... Read more Blue Angels Danny Parada received a call to report to the labor and delivery department immediately. As the hospital chaplain hurried down the hallway, he saw a patient gurney headed toward the elevator.“We have to get her into surgery,” said the doctor who, ... Read more Others Adventist Health: It's Part of Our Mission Do you know why Seventh-day Adventists are so focused on good health for themselves and others? Here are a few thoughts.We believe good communication builds good relationships. God communicates with us through our minds and senses. If we want to k... Read more Letters National vs. LocalThere were many nice photos of the GC Session in the GLEANER. However, I was disappointed to see it so focused on this event that it missed an important opportunity to minister to the state of Oregon, most specifically to the Por... Read more An Angel Held the Keys Could the God of the universe be interested in something as lowly as keys?My wife, Ginger, and I are once again convinced that God knows about, is interested in and will answer prayers concerning the simplest of, albeit meaningful, experiences of ... Read more Verano Activo Para El Ministerio Hispano De Upper Columbia Normalmente el tiempo de verano se caracteriza por abundancia de sol, mucho calor y sobre todo, vacaciones. Tiempo para gozar de la naturaleza. La naturaleza que nosotros, quienes vivimos en el noroeste de los Estados Unidos disfrutamos. Sin embar... Read more Following the Crowd Getting the mail can be one of life's best and worst experiences. It's sort of like reaching into a dark underwater hole — you might lay your hands on an exquisite shell ... or a moray eel with a migraine.So it was one day, as I sifted through the... Read more Educators Hold Origins Workshop at Rosario More than 30 educators delved into faith and science issues at the 2010 NPUC Teachers' Workshop on Origins, held Aug. 13–16.Seeds for the weekend were planted some months ago at a North Pacific Union Conference education council. A principal menti... Read more Adventist Health: It's Part of Our Mission Do you know why Seventh-day Adventists are so focused on good health for themselves and others? Here are a few thoughts.We believe good communication builds good relationships. God communicates with us through our minds and senses. If we want to k... Read more Church Member Trades Nap for a GLOW experience On Sabbath afternoon, July 10, what I wanted to do most was go home and take a nap since it was my first Sabbath home after spending two weeks working hard at the General Conference ABC. Through several providential experiences, Jeff Kimmel, liter... Read more FYI New NPUC Executive Secretary Elected Read more Letters National vs. LocalThere were many nice photos of the GC Session in the GLEANER. However, I was disappointed to see it so focused on this event that it missed an important opportunity to minister to the state of Oregon, most specifically to the Por... Read more Following the Crowd Getting the mail can be one of life's best and worst experiences. It's sort of like reaching into a dark underwater hole — you might lay your hands on an exquisite shell ... or a moray eel with a migraine.So it was one day, as I sifted through the... Read more Verano Activo Para El Ministerio Hispano De Upper Columbia Normalmente el tiempo de verano se caracteriza por abundancia de sol, mucho calor y sobre todo, vacaciones. Tiempo para gozar de la naturaleza. La naturaleza que nosotros, quienes vivimos en el noroeste de los Estados Unidos disfrutamos. Sin embar... Read more Educators Hold Origins Workshop at Rosario More than 30 educators delved into faith and science issues at the 2010 NPUC Teachers' Workshop on Origins, held Aug. 13–16.Seeds for the weekend were planted some months ago at a North Pacific Union Conference education council. A principal menti... Read more Church Member Trades Nap for a GLOW experience On Sabbath afternoon, July 10, what I wanted to do most was go home and take a nap since it was my first Sabbath home after spending two weeks working hard at the General Conference ABC. Through several providential experiences, Jeff Kimmel, liter... 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Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care Imagine you’re in the emergency room. After seeing the doctor, orders are written for your treatment. Maybe you need labs drawn, an x-ray taken or medications dispensed. But what if the person processing the order can’t read the physician's handwr... Read more
Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care Adventist Health has a long-standing history of caring for the whole person. The mission of sharing God’s love by providing physical, mental and spiritual healing has been with us in theory since 1866 when early church leaders opened the first san... Read more
Not Your Ordinary Concept of Care Adventist Health has a long-standing history of caring for the whole person. The mission of sharing God’s love by providing physical, mental and spiritual healing has been with us in theory since 1866 when early church leaders opened the first san... Read more
President's Letter As a health care organization, it’s a given that we focus on care. You might automatically think of physical care — how well we treat and minister to the body. What you might not realize is that at Adventist Health, our distinctive brand of care i... Read more
'Til Death Do Us Part The med/surg unit at Walla Walla General Hospital, Walla Walla, Washington, was quiet except for the hum of the ventilator. It was late and most patients were asleep — but not Dale.As he lay on the cot next to his wife’s hospital bed, he reached t... Read more
President's Letter As a health care organization, it’s a given that we focus on care. You might automatically think of physical care — how well we treat and minister to the body. What you might not realize is that at Adventist Health, our distinctive brand of care i... Read more
'Til Death Do Us Part The med/surg unit at Walla Walla General Hospital, Walla Walla, Washington, was quiet except for the hum of the ventilator. It was late and most patients were asleep — but not Dale.As he lay on the cot next to his wife’s hospital bed, he reached t... Read more
Caring for Caregivers For Adventist Health staff, providing compassion and a gentle touch comes with the territory. However, some acts of love and compassion from employees aren’t aimed at patients but toward each other. The experience of one employee at Adventist Medi... Read more
Blue Angels Danny Parada received a call to report to the labor and delivery department immediately. As the hospital chaplain hurried down the hallway, he saw a patient gurney headed toward the elevator.“We have to get her into surgery,” said the doctor who, ... Read more
Caring for Caregivers For Adventist Health staff, providing compassion and a gentle touch comes with the territory. However, some acts of love and compassion from employees aren’t aimed at patients but toward each other. The experience of one employee at Adventist Medi... Read more
Blue Angels Danny Parada received a call to report to the labor and delivery department immediately. As the hospital chaplain hurried down the hallway, he saw a patient gurney headed toward the elevator.“We have to get her into surgery,” said the doctor who, ... Read more
Adventist Health: It's Part of Our Mission Do you know why Seventh-day Adventists are so focused on good health for themselves and others? Here are a few thoughts.We believe good communication builds good relationships. God communicates with us through our minds and senses. If we want to k... Read more
Letters National vs. LocalThere were many nice photos of the GC Session in the GLEANER. However, I was disappointed to see it so focused on this event that it missed an important opportunity to minister to the state of Oregon, most specifically to the Por... Read more
An Angel Held the Keys Could the God of the universe be interested in something as lowly as keys?My wife, Ginger, and I are once again convinced that God knows about, is interested in and will answer prayers concerning the simplest of, albeit meaningful, experiences of ... Read more
Verano Activo Para El Ministerio Hispano De Upper Columbia Normalmente el tiempo de verano se caracteriza por abundancia de sol, mucho calor y sobre todo, vacaciones. Tiempo para gozar de la naturaleza. La naturaleza que nosotros, quienes vivimos en el noroeste de los Estados Unidos disfrutamos. Sin embar... Read more
Following the Crowd Getting the mail can be one of life's best and worst experiences. It's sort of like reaching into a dark underwater hole — you might lay your hands on an exquisite shell ... or a moray eel with a migraine.So it was one day, as I sifted through the... Read more
Educators Hold Origins Workshop at Rosario More than 30 educators delved into faith and science issues at the 2010 NPUC Teachers' Workshop on Origins, held Aug. 13–16.Seeds for the weekend were planted some months ago at a North Pacific Union Conference education council. A principal menti... Read more
Adventist Health: It's Part of Our Mission Do you know why Seventh-day Adventists are so focused on good health for themselves and others? Here are a few thoughts.We believe good communication builds good relationships. God communicates with us through our minds and senses. If we want to k... Read more
Church Member Trades Nap for a GLOW experience On Sabbath afternoon, July 10, what I wanted to do most was go home and take a nap since it was my first Sabbath home after spending two weeks working hard at the General Conference ABC. Through several providential experiences, Jeff Kimmel, liter... Read more
Letters National vs. LocalThere were many nice photos of the GC Session in the GLEANER. However, I was disappointed to see it so focused on this event that it missed an important opportunity to minister to the state of Oregon, most specifically to the Por... Read more
Following the Crowd Getting the mail can be one of life's best and worst experiences. It's sort of like reaching into a dark underwater hole — you might lay your hands on an exquisite shell ... or a moray eel with a migraine.So it was one day, as I sifted through the... Read more
Verano Activo Para El Ministerio Hispano De Upper Columbia Normalmente el tiempo de verano se caracteriza por abundancia de sol, mucho calor y sobre todo, vacaciones. Tiempo para gozar de la naturaleza. La naturaleza que nosotros, quienes vivimos en el noroeste de los Estados Unidos disfrutamos. Sin embar... Read more
Educators Hold Origins Workshop at Rosario More than 30 educators delved into faith and science issues at the 2010 NPUC Teachers' Workshop on Origins, held Aug. 13–16.Seeds for the weekend were planted some months ago at a North Pacific Union Conference education council. A principal menti... Read more
Church Member Trades Nap for a GLOW experience On Sabbath afternoon, July 10, what I wanted to do most was go home and take a nap since it was my first Sabbath home after spending two weeks working hard at the General Conference ABC. Through several providential experiences, Jeff Kimmel, liter... Read more
An Angel Held the Keys Could the God of the universe be interested in something as lowly as keys?My wife, Ginger, and I are once again convinced that God knows about, is interested in and will answer prayers concerning the simplest of, albeit meaningful, experiences of ... Read more