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EndNotes archive for March 19, 2012

MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012

Voletta Bonner, 29, of Highland Park, Mich., poses for a portrait with her 2-month-old baby Riley Johnson. Voletta had decided that breast-feeding was something she was going to do before the birth of her child. She was very happy with the support she received from the staff at St. John Hospital in Detroit. (McClatchy-Tribune)

The cost of a healthy life

What’s the deal? We know that women make most of the health care decisions in a family. (I once told my sister, if I die young she is to make certain my husband gets our son to the dentist every six months…it goes on from…

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Lynnette Vehrs, of Washington State University’s College of Nursing, believes nurses will be key players in health care of the future. “Nurses can be too self-effacing. These are caring, intelligent people I teach. They need to understand the gifts they are bringing to our health care,” she said. (Colin Mulvany)

Wise Words: Don't do it all alone

In my Wise Words interview Sunday, Lynnette Vehrs, faculty member at Washington State University’s College of Nursing, said: "Sometimes people, nurses included, don’t realize it’s very good to ask for help. Never feel like you have to do it all yourself." Kimberly Lusk, an editor…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.