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Show The Salt Lake Tribune Help for Patients Wednesday, July 11, 1984 VVV3 Hospital Lists Oncology Unit By Shia Kapos Tribune Staff Writer MURRAY In trying to change the community's attitude about cancer from a terminal illness to a chronic disease. Cottonwood Hospital has carved an oncology (the study of tumors) unit into its third floor. The unit, which has the six-roo- Retires From Center woman president of the Salt Lake County Bar Associa1,400-memb- er E. Lynn Reed, special projects coordinator at Hill Haven Convalescent Center, 41 S. 900 East, has retired. He has spent the last 25 years in the health care field in three states. The last seven years have been spent in Utah as administrator for Wasatch Medical Management and Care Enterprises, prior to his work at Hill tion. She is general counsel for terstate Bank of Utah. Idaho Hospital Association, was a fellow in the American College of Nursing Home Administrators and was a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators. Special to The Tribune Candace WagBOSTON, Mass. ner, 1420 Circle Way, Salt Lake City, received a bachelor of music degree, cum laude, at the graduation of Boston Universitys School for the Arts. Ms. Wagner majored in performa- Dawn M. Hales of Kearns, a legal secretary for 18 years, has been selected Legal Secretary of the Year by the Salt Lake Legal Secretaries Association. She will compete in national nce-string. Boston University is the fourth largest independent university in the United States with an enrollment of nearly 28,000 students. competition this nix, Ariz. Ms. Hales is vice president of the Five Utah residents have received in nursing through the Regents External Degree Program at the University of the State of New York, Albany. The students were: Mark K. Car-rol- l, 624 Dowington Ave., Salt Lake City, Linda P. Chamberlain, Bland-inValieda E. Chartier, Salina; Lawrence B. Draper, 2691 S. 360 East, Salt Lake City, and Ferrene Moon, 301 E. 2700 South, Salt Lake City. The program provides an alternative for adults to study at their own pace and on their own time. Enrollment is open to all and there is no residence requirement. Through the program, an individual can combine credits earned from different sources into one package. Degree requirements can be met through college courses (both classroom and correspondence), proficiency examinations, military or business training and special assessment, which tests knowledge acquired from experience or independent study. The program is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and the nursing degrees are accredited by the National League for Nursing. bachelors degrees and chairwoman of its al Association of Legal Secretaries Official Course and member-shipba- r liaison committees. She is .employed by the law firm of Poole, Cannon & Smith, where she is secretary to Duane R. Smith. She was honored on the basis of service to civic, charitable and religious activities; work with the associations at local, state and national lev- els; and on secretarial ability. g; Gets Summer Internship ; Adele C. Messner of Salt Lake City, a four-yea- r student in pharmacy at the University of Utah, has been selected by E.R. Squibb & Sons as one of khe summer interns under a program 'coordinated by the National Pharmaceutical Council and the Student American Pharmaceutical Association. The program is designed to give pharmacy students hands-o- n experience in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry for 12 weeks during the summer. At Squibb, located in New Brunswick, N.J., interns become employees of the firm, visiting and working in diverse areas of manufacturing, including tableting, sterile packaging, market planning, toxicology and sales. While at Squibb, Ms. Messner and the other interns will be under the guidance of Dr. Louis T. DiFazio, technical opgroup vice president erations and a registered pharmacist. ; Takes Service Award Special to The Tribune John Aberton, BOSTON, Mass. superintendent of safety rules and training of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co., Salt Lake City, was one of seven American Society of Safety Engineers national volunteers to receive the Charles V. Culbertson Outstanding Volunteer Service Award. The award was given during a recent luncheon held at the annual Professional Development Conference and First Exposition. The purpose of the award is to encourage higher standards of service and contribution to the society at the national level. To Lead Bar Group Pamela Greenwood, a 1972 graduate of the University of Utah College of Law, has been elected the first ; patients fully understand everything related to their disease. "We don't want people to be scared of the Big he said, adding, that most people C, with cancer can be treated. "We felt that if a heart patient could be placed in a special cardiac unit a person with cancer should have the same right to special treatment," said Mary K. Smith, assistant director of nursing at Cottonwood Hospital. Helps Initiate Program A cancer patient herself at one time, Ms. Smith also helped initiate the program. I wish there had been more available for me when I was a patient, she said. In keeping up with the increasing amount of care needed for cancer patients, Cottonwoods oncology unit offers a specially trained staff to its patients. Oncologists, radiologists, dieticians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists and surgeons are all a part of the unit. e oncoloAlong with three Colleen Haslam, head nurse of oncology who have nurses there are Mary K. Smith, left, assistant director of- gists, eight counseland Cottonwood at gone through psycho-socileft, unit, comfort cancer patient Carl Malm. Hospital, nursing ing classes and studied oncology. These nurses have also participated in a special oncology certification program, headed by Colleen Haslam, head nurse of the oncology unit, and have been trained in the administraHe was a civil aviation pioneer, he receives a $1,500 award applicable Jesse Gallegos, 25, Midvale, is the tion of medication for cancer pafounder of the American Broadcasttoward tuition and expenses at his first Robert H. Hinckley graduate tients. chosen graduate school, the U. of U. ing Co. and an automobile dealer. scholar through the Hinckley InstiBedside time is important to the Law. of tute of Politics at the University of College patient and we want people to be Utah. The Hinckley Scholarship was enThe Hinckley Institute of Politics there to answer the patients quesMr. Gallegos is an accounting techlast year through a grant from dowed is dedicated to promoting respect for Dr. Rich. said tions, Ben D. Wood and IBM, where Mr. nician at Utah Administrative Serpractical politics and politicians and Various Kinds of Treatment Wood served as a consultant. vices Division of Finance. to training and inspiring U. of U. stuCancer patients can receive varidents to be politically active throughMr. Hinckley founded the institute A 1982 graduate of the university ous kinds of treatments at the new out their lives. in 1965. with a bachelors in political science, unit. These treatments have always been available to patients at the hospital but now are done in a specific area of the hospital by oncological specialists. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. help with the community event. PosiSpecial to The Tribune Through the unit, surgery, radiations to fill include: selling soft BOUNTIFUL Volunteer help is tion and chemotherapy (treatment of The Davis Art Festival is a funddrinks, helping with food sales (a curbeing solicited for the Davis Art Fescancer with drugs) are offered. event for the Bountiful-Davi- s rent Davis County food handlers per- raising on Bountifuls Tabernatival Aug. Art Center and has drawn hundreds Since treatment will vary dependmit required), assisting at the Chicle Square. of people years past. ing on the patients condition, a paldrens Art Yard with artscrafts tient can stay at the hospital or go 4 This years festival is being coThe Bountiful-Davi- s activities for children ages to 11, set Art Center, a into a special room for outpatient on of the even, needs volunor of festival sponsored by the Bountiful Area up Friday morning, transfusions. No matter the condiChamber of Commerce. clean up Saturday evening. teers for two- - or three-hou- r shifts to tion, the oncology team wants to stress the importance of educating 4 TITTTTTTTTTTTT patients and families about cancer, said Ms. Haslam. The family is the core of treatment, she said. And because of this the cancer specialists want patients and families to fully understand their options in treatment. Visiting hour rules are a little bit more lenient than the rest of the hospital. Children under 12 are allowed to visit patients because the specialists feel the family is essential to therapeutic oncology care. And if patients have to stay overnight, family members are permitted to stay with them to give support. Learning to Cope Along with the family therapy, the hospital has a cancer support group to help patients. Through the I Can Cope group, patients can learn how to cope with their cancer, said Nancy Adams, social worker at the hospital. Another aspect offered by the new unit is a nutrition center. Because cancer patients often have to go on special diets the hospital has created LIMITED TO NUMBER OF within the unit a small kitchen for its GEIINVOLVEDJWITH patients. MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE UTAHS M0SXC0MFLETE Trea Monson, dietician for the unit, said the new unit has made her job CONDltlONINGCENTER easier and more helpful to the patients. I can talk to specific doctors and nurses without having to travel all over the hospital, she said. 4HHMMMMMMF Having the diet and cancer specialists centrally located also is easier for the patients. They can go to the unit with questions at any time because there is always someone there to talk to, said Ms. Smith. full-tim- Hinckley Institute Graduate Scholar Named Davis Arts Festival Seeking Volunteer Help 5 Win Nursing Degrees summer in Phoe- education-'Nation- In- Cum Laude in Music Legal Secretary of Year legal First Other new officers include Alan L. Sullivan, vice president, with Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Randy L Dryer, secretary, of the firm of Parsons, Behle & Latimer, and George L. Hunt, treasurer, with Snow, Christensen & Martineau. Haven. He had served as president of the Ms. Hales son, the oncology unit is needed to let potential to hold 12 beds, opened in June and offers outpatient facilities, patient care areas, nursing station and waiting area, said Dr. Terry Rich, a member of the task force that helped initiate the idea for the unit. Dr. Rich said there are about 300 major cancer cases that pass throughthe hospital each year. For this rea- 3-- 4 fnyPhrllPR1 MenTancLWomen SMIolliAIVCVVI.IiTi WEHAVE ARRIVED 3NEW10CATI0NS hmm iirmiirnmiirmixiTmimimi ILomoes LARJNB3W Washes DANGER SIGNALS OF PINCHED NERVES: 1. Dr. Lee F. Plaskett. D C. Headaches, Dizziness, Blurred Vision 2. Neck Pain, Tight Muscles, Spasms 3. Shoulder Pain, Pain Down Arms, Numbness in Hands 4. Pain Between Shoulders, Difficult Breathing, Abdominal Pain 5. 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