Finding Angels in Unexpected Places Karen Riske, a resident of Vancouver, Wash., was looking forward to a much needed break from her busy professional life. With her young daughter in tow, she headed for the county fair in the charming coastal town of Tillamook, Ore. Read more
Straight from the Heart If kindness had a face, it would look exactly like Cricelia Smith. For the past five years, Cricelia—known as Cris—has lovingly tended to patients at Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) in southeastern Washington.“I get to help people every day,” ... Read more
Adventist Health News Notes Adventist Medical Center recently launched a new wound healing and hyperbaric medicine program to benefit patients with chronic wounds. The new program will be located on Portland hospital’s main campus and will feature hyperbaric oxygen therapy. ... Read more
Stroke It Could Happen to You It can strike while you’re doing the dishes or visiting with colleagues. Its devastating impact can rob you of movement and speech, or take your life. Stroke is a cardiovascular disease that affects more than 700,000 Americans each year—people lik... Read more
Healing Hands The Power of Touch I had never really thought about the importance of my hands until recently. At Tillamook County General Hospital, where I work as a chaplain, each year we honor our nursing staff and ask God to bless their hands in conjunction with National Nurses... Read more
Creating Calm Rachel Russell and the Theory of Mutual Influence The most stressful aspect of hospitalization often has nothing to do with medical procedures. For some, their bill causes the greatest anxiety. Fortunately, patients at Walla Walla General Hospital can turn to Rachel Russell to calm the storm of q... Read more
Touching Lives in Tillamook County Webster’s dictionary defines faithfulness as "keeping faith; worthy of trust; honest, loyal, reliable and dependable; accurate, exact and true; and full of faith, especially religious faith." Faithfulness is surely a word that describes Dorothy Jo... Read more
