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Beverly Hugo talks with Karen Brewster on March 15, 2005 in Fairbanks, Alaska about...
1) Last job in Barrow as a Physician's Assistant at the Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital.
retirement\ Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital\ Barrow\ job -- Physician's Assistant\ work -- schedule\ health care -- cross cultural\ patients -- walk-ins\ doctors -- working with\ patients -- transport of\ Anchorage\ Fairbanks\ Native Medical Center\ health care -- non-beneficiaries\ Arctic Slope Native Association|
2) Inupiaq traditional healing methods combined with western style medicine.
medicine -- traditional\ treatment\ stomach problems -- massage\ constipation\ plants -- traditional healing\ remedies -- traditional \ cranberries\ trial and error\ children -- viruses\ treatment -- creative\ treatment -- adaptive\ supplies -- limited\ ancestors\ plants -- use of\ language|
3) Advantages of providing cross-cultural care.
Seattle\ school\ father -- illness\ Anchorage\ hospital -- staff\ Nighswander, Dr. Tom\ Payton, Dr. William\ language -- comfort from\ Inupiaq\ elder\ Native language -- use of\ health care -- cross-cultural|
4) Health subjects that were culturally difficult to work with.
health issues -- difficult\ sexually transmitted disease\ mental illness\ discussion -- lack of\ translation -- difficulty with\ situation -- uncomfortable\ cultural block\ examination -- opposite sex\ issues -- cultural\ issues -- private\ cadavers -- working with\ organ donation -- taboo|
5) Maintaining confidentiality as a health aide.
confidentiality -- protection\ respect\ privacy\ small town\ community -- relationship with|
6) What makes a good health aide.
community -- relationship with\ tribal council -- relationship\ community -- knowledge of\ health aide -- personality\ health aide -- qualities\ flexibility\ leader and follower\ Kotzebue\ trainer\ assertiveness training\ [Curtis], Helen\ Anaktuvuk Pass\ tribal council -- support of\ team work\ community leaders\ rules and regulations\ Ahgook, Bob\ chemotherapy aide\ Johnson, Dr. Walter\ Nice, Dr. Phillip\ tuberculosis\ Alaska|
7) Other people who influenced Beverly in her work as a health aide.
Stone, Rosella\ Community Health Aide Program\ Barrow\ Paneak, Simon\ Anaktuvuk Pass\ childbirth\ Hugo, Ellen and Clyde\ giving birth -- signal\ signal -- lantern on house\ midwifery -- Inupiaq\ Wainwright\ children\ family -- lack of time for\ health aide -- alternate\ job -- demanding\ communication\ central office\ people -- commitment to\ health care -- quality of\ husband -- support from\ job -- stayed with\ safety|
8) Outlook on her life and how it was affected by being a health aide.
health aide -- lessons\ education\ skills\ informed\ decision-making\ education -- continuation of\ goodness -- finding\ mistakes -- learn from\ life-long learner\ techniques -- new\ clinic\ fish hook -- removal\ ergonomics -- learned about\ comfort\ patient -- care of\ problem-solving\ harm -- lack of|
9) Advice for young people who may want to become health aides.
health aide -- career\ career -- quality of\ people -- service to\ education\ school -- Physician's Assistant\ goals -- importance of\ time management\ help -- ask for \ cooperation\ community -- work with\ school -- work with\ health aide -- pride\ job -- rewarding\ income\ contribution|
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