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Willa Ashenfelter and Irene Aukongak talk with Karen Brewster on September 13, 2005 at the Norton Sound Health Corporation, Village Health Services office in Nome, Alaska about...
1) Irene talks about the clinic that was named for her and how she felt at the opening ceremony, and Willa and Irene reminisce about their husbands.
Golovin\ clinic -- name\ clinic -- construction of\ names -- selection of\ Aukongak, Irene L.\ Eskimo name -- [Tagoomaq]\ Eskimo name -- [Ooksukluq]\ Eskimo name -- [Qiuguaq]\ Eskimo name -- meaning\ clinic -- dedication of\ snow\ ribbon cutting\ naming -- feeling about\ clinic -- tour of\ building -- EDA\ building -- new\ ceremony -- speeches\ potluck\ clinic -- land\ corporation -- donation\ husbands -- deaths of\ husbands -- support from\ Aukongak, Sigfried\ Ashenfelter, George\ activities -- camping\ airline -- agents\ husbands -- complaints\ weekends -- activities\ church|
2) How Willa and Irene met and got to know each other.
Aukongak, Sigfried\ Ashenfelter, George\ brothers\ friendship\ meeting\ cousin\ husband\ Mt. Edgecumbe\ training -- LPN\ school\ Unalakleet\ high school -- graduation\ marriage -- date\ husband -- meeting\ school -- chow line\ boys\ girls\ [Kowchee], Fred\ dances\ Andersen, Lena\ Golovin -- moving to\ work -- Alaska Native Hospital (ANS)\ Anchorage\ father-in-law -- illness\ disease -- tuberculosis\ hospital\ mother-in-law -- alone\ brother\ reindeer herd -- help with\ retirement -- party\ mentor\ ?, Jennifer\ Agloinga, Martha\ Buck, Rita -- mother\ mentors\ mother-in-law\ Olson, Maggie -- storekeeper\ father-in-law -- minister\ father-in-law -- death of\ church -- covenant church\ CHAP -- friendship\ telephone\ son\ friends -- talking to\ friends -- value of|
3) Caring for people and how helping them is stressful, but rewarding.
telephone -- talking\ case -- difficult\ Norton Sound Health Corporation -- crisis line\ patients -- cancer\ health aide -- on-call\ check-ups -- frequency\ check-ups -- timing of\ stress\ snow machine -- sound of\ friend -- support\ career -- meaning of\ relationships\ children\ reciprocity\ helpers\ learning -- constant\ learning -- enjoyment of\ challenges\ Nome\ training -- Continuting Medical Education (CME)\ health aide -- association\ association -- meeting\ elections -- president\ husband -- board chairman\ husband -- advice\ president -- role of\ listening\ Shishmaref\ association meeting -- location\ Shishmaref -- enjoyment of\ learning -- changes|
4) The joy of succeeding even when others did not believe in them.
work -- enjoyment of\ work -- independence\ supervision\ work -- schedule\ hours -- length of\ Golovin\ people -- working with\ people -- learning from\ people -- thankful\ patient -- angry\ anger -- responses\ son -- patient list\ ?, Sharon\ comment -- hurtful\ tonsils -- removal\ post office\ patient -- apology\ hug\ feelings\ work\ instructor -- Mt. Edgecumbe\ military\ strictness\ studying -- intensity of\ eighth grade\ teacher -- discouraging\ response -- determination\ tests -- success\ happiness\ GED -- success\ EMT II -- success\ silliness|
5) How the problems they saw as health aides changed over the years.
accidents -- dealing with\ Golovin\ accident -- airplane crash\ deaths\ woman -- pregnant\ child\ plane crash -- survivors\ pilot\ ankles -- broken\ ?, Cathy -- sister\ survivors -- search for\ weather -- bad\ doctor -- help from\ husband\ search and rescue\ ELT beacon -- sound of\ radio\ sound -- following\ location -- [Amaktoolik]\ village -- distance\ residents -- relationships\ cooperation\ illnesses -- rates of\ cancer -- increase\ son-in-law -- cancer\ death -- at home\ daughter -- care provider\ family -- Koyuk\ family -- help from\ disease -- sexually transmitted diseases (STD)\ sexually transmitted diseases -- level\ treatment\ education|
6) Some comments on problems like suicides in the villages and dealing with emergencies and stress.
villages -- variations\ suicide -- chain reaction\ families\ reporter -- story\ family -- refusal\ work -- schedule\ schedule -- overwhelming\ granddaughter -- injury\ depression\ doctor -- communication with\ communication -- difficulties\ femur -- broken\ death -- risk of\ diagnosis -- certainty of\ doctor -- disbelief\ treatment -- splint\ airplane\ EMTs -- arrival of\ Donny, Dr.?\ White Mountain\?, Louann\ Maalox -- quantity of \ Mylanta -- quantity of\ office -- quiet\ blood pressure -- high\ Mylanta -- moustache\ laughter\ tension\ accident -- snow machine\ patient -- boy\ injuries -- internal\ patient -- walking\ injuries -- fatal\ accident -- airplane\ death\ clinic\ tests -- hemoglobin\ oxygen\ blood pressure\ stomach\ patient -- movement of|
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