I he P ortland O bserver • S eptember 13, 1995 P age Nurses Tour Mariah Taylor Clinic On September 20th Key Bank is closing early for a change. NEIGHBORS DIFFERENCE ttttt T These Key Bank branches will be open regular hours, while all other Key Bank branches will be closing at Noon on September 20. Nurses from Japan surround Mariah Taylor at her pediatrics clinic in north Portland. (Photo by Michael Leighton) I bv M ichael L eighton _______ are growing in demand and popular­ ity. The Japanese nurses visited the Mariah A. TaylorCommunity Health Czinic at 5311 N. Vancouver. The office is one of the few such clinics in the state providing primary health care to indigent families throughout the Portland area. Taylor is a pioneer in her work as a pediatric nurse practitioner. In Taylor’s view, doctors are trained with an emphasis on illness curing and pathology, while nurse practitioners are trained with an em­ phasis on health m aintenance, wfellness and treatment of minor and A delegation o f six nurses from | Japan got a new look at health care by visiting a north and northeast Portland clinic last week. The six Japanese guests want­ ed to see how nurse practitioners perform medical services in the I United Sates. A nurse practitioner is a level I of health care provider which is between a physician and a regis­ tered nurse. In Japan, nurses are usually not trained for such exper­ tise, an official of the group said. Even in the United States, nurse I practitioners at e somewhat rare, but acute illnesses. Taylor also sees her profession as affording more time to spend! with the patient. Taylor has demonstrated the! nurse practitioner arts through long hours of dedicated work, making long-distance house calls and being on call 24 hours a day. She holds a bachelor’s d e -1 gree in nursing from Southern) Oregon State College in Ashland and a m aster’s degree in nursing) and certification as a Pediatric, Nurse Practitioner from the Uni­ versity o f C olorado Health Sci-[ ences U niversity in Denver. 18th & Chambers, 1665 West 18th, (503) 484 - 3521 Albany Main. 128 SW Third, (503) 967 - 6808 Ashland. 183 E. Main, (503) 482 - 2451 Brownsville, 351 N. Main, (503) 466 - 5191 Candalaria, 2715 Commercial St. S.E., (503) 399 - 2246 Estacada, 27! SW Broadway. (503) 630 - 7741 Eugene Main, 975 Oak St.. (503) 484 - 3484 Farmington, 17455 SW Farmington, (503) 649 - 7535 Gateway. 10300 NE Weldler, (503) 243 - 3654 Grants Pass. 150 NE "E" St.. (503) 479 - 2633 Gresham Mall, 390 W. Burnside St., (503) 666 - 1546 Harrisburg, 310 S. 3rd. (503) 484 - 3404 Head Office, 1222 SW Sixth Ave., (503) 790 - 7696 Hilltop, 1400 S. Molalla Ave., (503) 657 - 2223 A t Key Bank we believe the best place to make a positive change in our w orld today is in our own neighborhoods. Thats why w e’ll be closing early on Wednesday. September 20 fo r “ Neighbors Make the Difference” Day. T ha t’s the day when 22,000 KeyCorp employees w ill \ ( h e rtis i* In V h r l.lo i tL m h (lihc.cvtier A KeyCorp Bank Indian Creek, 1920 12th St., (503) 386 - 6252 Lake Grove, 16210 SW Bryant Rd., (503) 635 - 6671 Uncaster, 750 Lancaster Drive NE, (503) 399 - 2272 Lebanon, 95 E. Sherman St., (503) 259 - 1121 Lloyd Center, 825 NE Multnomah. (503) 243 - 5500 McMinnville, 342 E. Third St., (503) 472 - 2161 Medford Main, 2 East Main St., (503) 734 - 2610 Multnomah, 3515 SW Troy, (503) 243 - 3677 Newberg, 1815 Portland Rd., (503) 538 - 1318 Oak Grove, 14888 SE McLoughlin Bd., (503) 684 - 7398 Progress Plaza, 8625 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., (503) 626 - 3915 Sunset, 805 NW Murray Road, (503) 981 - 2156 Tigard, 11665 SW Pacific Hwy., (503) 653 - 3341 Woodburn, 41 N Pacific Hwy., (503) 961 - 2156 w ork 92,000 hours to help dbmplete more than 1,500 com m unity projects. The above branches w ill be open regular hours. Because, w hile m aking change in our neighborhood is im p o rta n t to us, so is serving you. And that w ill never change. Member FDIC KeyBank ( all 503-2