Health careers are still the most respected, challeng
ing and rewarding goals that you might choose. The
duties are beyond the traditional doctor and nurse, yet
these two are the mainstay and catalyst o f the medical
careers. A t Providence they are fused together in the
steps that one might have to climb in a career in this in
dustry.
Ms. Janice M . Foster is an employee relations repre
sentative. “ The concept o f employee-relations is that
you are attempting to have satisfied employees.. .in or-
Abova Lavelle J. Jackson. Janies M Foeter
Balov» Harry B Denials. Shirley Nicholas
(Photos Richard J Brown!
der to feel that their needs are being met. They come to
me when there is a c o m p laint." The main outcry is be
ing scheduled unfairly. “ A hospital is a 24-hour, 7-day-
a-week operation. Somebody has to work at night and
on the w e e k e n d s ." M s. F oster's ed u c a tio n a l b ack
ground was nursing. " I started out at M t. Hood and re
ceived training for an L P N . I went up the nursing career
ladder and after four years I decided that I wanted to do
something els e ." This something else led M s. Foster
toward her present position.
Lavelle J. Jackson is a Research Chemist. " W e deal
with the science o f suspended particles in blood. Your
blood is always under stress because your heart pumps it
for circulation. We work under those same systems out
side o f the body. This way we can check on various
stages o f disease by the way blood reacts." M r. Jackson
has spent over 20 years in this profession. " W h e n my
m o th er died I knew th at science had not gone far
enough to prevent her d eath . So I w anted to be in
vo lv e d ." His career started in the medical corp in the
Navy. "S o , l*m doing what I know and I think I know
what I ’m doing." Jackson has published various techni
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cal papers on the subject o f blood. He recommends this
branch o f medicine to those interested in the medical ca
reers.
You can never stop saying too much about a nursing
career. Shirley Nicholas is Assistant Head Nurse for the
gynocology floo r at Providence. “ I ’ m responsible for
the unit when the Head Nurse is o ff the floor. We give
total care to our patients which includes bedside care as
well as keeping the com m unications lines open w ith
other s ta ff." Ms. Nicholas was attracted to nursing be
cause she likes helping people. She says that nurses are
the backbone o f every hospital, the circulatory system
o f Providence.
Fo r employm ent in form ation. you may dial either o f 2 recorded
messages which operate 24 hours a day, 7 da vs a week
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Providense Medical Center Is a nonprofit community teaching hos
p ita l with 4 k 3 licensed beds and 2,0 00 employees. Providence has
served the health care needs o f the comm unity since 1941 and cur
rently offers a fu ll range o f surgical, medical and emergency services.
Providence is one o f 13 health care and leaching institutions spon
sored by the Sisters o f Providence in Oregon, Washington, Alaska,
and California
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