Samaritan Healthcare | The Samaritan | Winter 2018

Volunteer Linda loves helping others A fter retiring from the Moses Lake School district—she worked in the kitchens, mainly at Frontier and Chief Moe schools—Linda is making excellent use of her free time by volunteering at Samaritan Healthcare. She began volunteering two years ago as a Samaritan patient ambassador. “At first when I retired, I volunteered one day a month for Inland Northwest Blood Center, but I wanted to do more than that,” said Linda. “Someone told me I should check with the Samaritan hospital, so I did, and now here I am!” IT’S A WIN-WIN As a patient ambassador, Linda enjoys interacting with patients—visiting them in their rooms and offering to help with things they need. She’ll bring water, juice, coffee, a blanket, or even stay with them and talk.The responses she re- ceives from the patients are very gratifying. “When I tell them I’m a volunteer, I am thanked so warmly, and some even get emotional when I tell them what I do,” said Linda. “I especially love when they want me to just talk or listen to them.” Linda volunteers two days a week at Samaritan. Other duties she assists with include stocking the supply of patient bags used for the possessions of those having outpatient surgery, filing in the library, and setting up new employee folders. A SATISFYING EXPERIENCE “I’ve met a lot of friendly women who also volunteer, and the luncheons Samari- tan puts on for us are really nice,” she said. Linda is married and has two sons who live in the state, plus four grandchil- dren ages 7 to 21. She loves volunteering at Samaritan and plans to do it as long as she can. That’s the kind of dedication you will find in all of our Samaritan volunteers. THE SAMARITAN is published as a community service for the friends and patrons of SAMARITAN HEALTHCARE, 801 E. Wheeler Road, Moses Lake, WA 98837, telephone 509-765-5606, website samaritanhealthcare.com. Gretchen Youngren Director of Development & Communications Information in THE SAMARITAN comes from a wide range of medical experts. If you have any concerns or questions about specific content that may affect your health, please contact your healthcare provider. Models may be used in photos and illustrations. 2018 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Facebook “f”Logo CMYK / .ai samaritanhealthcare.com Samaritan Allofus, foreachofyou, everytime. the WINTER 2018 SAMARITAN CLINIC 1550 S. Pioneer Way Moses Lake, WA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Teresa Hutsell, ARNP, PMHNP-BC FAMILY MEDICINE Andrea Carter, MD Hollie Matthews, MD Lexie Zuver, DO Bob Ebel, PA-C James Ewell, PA-C Cheyenne Faeh, PA-C Ethan Washburn, PA-C H. Scott Mounts, ARNP Tara Zamarron, ARNP, FNP-C OB-GYN Ryan Rasmussen, MD Lizzy Bonadies, CNM ORTHOPAEDICS Leo Chough, MD Chris Stone, PA-C PEDIATRICS Elaine Peterson, DO Kimberlee E. Poole, ARNP PODIATRY Arezou Amidi, DPM Daren Vernon, DPM URGENT CARE Richard Eck, PA-C Brett Hymas, PA-C Need a HEALTH PARTNER? SAMARITAN HOSPITAL MAIN NUMBER • 765-5606 801 E. Wheeler Road, Moses Lake, WA WHEELER ROAD COLONIAL DRIVE PIONEER WAY PIONEER WAY Samaritan Hospital Samaritan Clinic NELSON ROAD 90 N S E W Chief Moses Middle School Garden Heights Elementary To Spokane To Seattle 17 I-90 DIVISION STREET 5th 17 SAMARITAN CLINIC MAIN NUMBER • 793-9770 Volunteer Linda (right) and volunteer coordinator Rachelle Lange JOIN US! To learn more about volunteering or to apply, call 793-9724 or visit samaritanhealthcare.com/ about-us/volunteer . We love our Samaritan volunteers! They as- sist patients and staff in many departments throughout our medical campus.

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