EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 26, 1997
What is a nurse practitioner-Wendy Haack Care providers
begins practice at Pioneer Memorial Clinic affect family
nurse practitioner had to be a
highly trained and skilled
professional who could deliver
quality care independently or
as part o f a collaborative
practice with physicians. As
we approach the end o f the
1990s, the role o f the nurse
practitioner has broadened and
the nurse practitioner is
increasingly in high demand to
meet the expanding needs for
both quality and cost effective
health care.
A nurse practitioner is a
primary
health
care
professional practicing under a
license and is recognized
W endy H aack
today as a "valuable and much
needed part o f the health care
By Richard Haskell
environment".
The nurse
When you schedule a visit to
practitioner,
with
prescriptive
Pioneer Memorial Clinic, you
may be asked to see Wendy authority and, in some cases,
hospital admitting privileges
Haack, FNP, the new family
now specializes in specific
nurse practitioner.
"What
is
a
nurse health care areas such as
pediatrics, mental health,
practitioner?" is a common
adult care, women's health,
first question.
geriatrics and family. The
The nurse practitioner
family nurse practitioner or
profession was created in the
1960s as a means to increase FNP requires more training
access
to
health
care, than the individual specialties
especially in underserved because it encompasses most
areas As such the licensed o f the specialty areas.
As part o f a health care team,
a family nurse practitioner
(FNP) is not an assistant but is
rather a working partner, an
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autonomous professional who
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works in collaboration and
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sees his own patient load. The
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nurse practitioner's approach
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to primary health care takes
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into account a patient's
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physical, psychological, social
High games: Gerald Hoeft 191,
and spiritual lives. It is a
Dianna Hoeft 171.
holistic
approach that stresses
H igh series: G e ra ld H oeft 5 2 6 ,
a
partnership
with the patient
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that
involves
illness
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prevention,
education,
4- 10, Fran Barnett 3-10. Gerald Hoeft
diagnosis and treatment. As a
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primary care provider, the
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FNP, at times, may consult
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with, or refer a patient to a
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physician
for
specific
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problems but will continue to
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follow and treat the patient on
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a regular basis. When needed,
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collaboration, consulting, and
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referrals
are
a
nurse
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practitioner's
tool
that
help
High games: Gene Wallace 218,
ensure
quality
care
while
Dianna Hoeft 189
a
patient's
High series: Randy Sample 535, sustaining
confidence
in
the
medical
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decisions
that
are
of
intrinsic
Splits converted: Don Greenup 5-7,
Darlene Scroggins 4-5-7, John importance to their health.
Nurse practitioners are
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trained
in accredited schools
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o f nursing at many major
Blue Mountain
university medical schools
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and, in addition, hold master’s
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degrees (or higher) in nursing.
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In
most
states
nurse
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practitioners
must
pass
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national
certification
and
many
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bring to their practice years of
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experience in all areas of
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nursing. In addition, 50 hours
High games:. Randy Sample 219,
o f continuing education are
Bob Hubbard 203
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High series: Randy Sample 579,
Bob Hubbard 544
Splits converted: Blu Blakeley
5-10. John Breidenbach 4-5, 4-9,
Duck Lusher 3-10, Doug Gunderson
3-10. 2-7, Roger Ehrmantraut 4-7-9.
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High game: Annie Lusher 189.
High series: Joan Smith 492
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High game: Linda Schultz 192
High series: Linda Schultz 523.
Splits converted: Susan Atkins
3-10, Pat Gutierrez 5-6, 6-10, La-
Juana mcKenzie 5-7. Rene Ledbet
ter 3-7-10
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required each year to help
ensure
that
the
nurse
practitioner
will
remain
current in medical procedures
and practices.
As the new family nurse
practitioner Wendy Haack
brings to Heppner a solid
educational
background.
Graduating
with
honors,
Haack received a BS in
community health and health
education from the University
o f Utah. This was followed
by an RN degree from Lane
Community College in Eugene
and a master's o f nursing
degree from Oregon Health
Sciences University where she
graduated at the top o f her
class. She then completed her
post-graduate
nurse
practitioner program at the
University o f Washington
School o f Nursing, again
graduating at the top of her
class.
But education serves best
when
tempered
with
experience and she brings with
her expertise and skills that
come from 13 years in nursing
which encompass specialties
in critical care, trauma care,
cardiology,
neurology,
pulmonology
and
flight
nursing.
As a clinical nurse specialist
Wendy developed and ran her
own post-open heart clinic,
developed a lung volume
reduction program at Kaiser,
consulted with physician and
nursing staff on care of
difficult critical care patients
and taught critical care
courses. In addition, as an
adjunct assistant professor at
Montana State University, she
taught junior and senior
nursing courses with an
emphasis on critical care and
trauma. She has published
articles on innovative ways to
prevent rehospitalization of
patients after open heart
surgery
and
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completed
research
on
"research
utilization"
to
determine appropriate care of
patients by critical care nurses
in
rural
settings.
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Do you use child care? Are
you a child care provider?
Then you know that any
changes in availability (the
provider taking a job outside
the home or simply closing the
business) has a ripple effect
throughout
your
family
system.
Why is there so much
turnover
in
child
care
providers? In a rural setting it
may be that the provider lacks
convenient access to additional
training and education to deal
with a variety o f child
development concerns.
Help is available. The
National Network for Child
Care Newsletter is available at
no cost through Oregon State
University Extension Service.
The information is practical.
"A Provider's Guide to Four
Disabilities: Cerebral Palsy,
Attention Deficit Disorder,
Seizure
Disorders
and
Tourette's Syndrome" in the
current issue provides basic
insight helpful to welcome
children with these disabilities
in a child care setting.
Those wishing to add their
names to the mailing list may
call the Morrow
County
Extension office at 1-800-342-
3664 or the Umatilla County
Extension office at 1 -800-871 -
1313. Ask to receive "School
Age
Connections".
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monograph o f this research
appeared in the "Journal of
Critical Care Nursing".
Wendy also brings a rural
background to the practice.
She grew up on the family
farm in Poison, Montana,
where her family still farms.
Wendy is looking forward to
working with Dr. Ernie Atkins
and Dr. Bill Bitsas "as their
expertise, advise and council
on complex cases and rural
health
will
ensure
her
continued growth in meeting
the health care needs in this
community."
Irrigon project gains recognition
The Fannie Mae Foundation has
recognized the Imgon Farm Labor
Housing Project as one of 30 in
the nation under the ninth annual
Maxwell Awards of Excellence
Program for the Production of
Low Income Housing.
The Community Action Program
of
East
Central
Oregon
(CAPECO) will receive an
honorable mention award and a
grant for $1,000 in May
Housing efforts were initiated by
Morrow County and the city of
Irrigon in 1991.
The four duplex houses were
designed by Andrews Architects, a
Portland firm co-owned by Martha
Peck-Andrews, who is originally
from Heppner The project is
recognized as an example of
effective community development
in rural Oregon Primary partners
in financing Imgon Farm Labor
Housing include the United States
Department of Agriculture Rural
Development and Bank of
America CASA of Oregon,
Farmworker Housing Programs,
and Oregon State Tax Credits also
helped to fund the eight-unit
project
CAPECO is a private non-profit
organization serving low income
residents in Umatilla, Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties For
more information regarding this
award, contact Chris E. Marko,
energy analyst/inspector and
community
development
specialist at (541) 276-1926
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