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Nurses represented by the Washington State Nurses Association picket outside PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver on April 18, 2024. The picket came during difficult contract negotiations between the nurses and hospital management.
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COURTESY/WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION
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Oregon Health & Science University primarily trains its OB/GYN residents at OHSU Hospital and the Center for Women’s Health in southwest Portland.
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COURTESY OHSU
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Gov. Tina Kotek speaks to reporters at a press event in April 2023 in Salem.
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JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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COURTESY CDC
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Penny Webber (right) is one of the first three students at Forest Grove High School to receive her medical assistant certification. As a 12th grader, she was hired on at Mountain View Medical Center.
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COURTESY/PENNY WEBBER
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SHUTTERSTOCK
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A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been filed and police are investigating allegations that a nurse repeatedly stole narcotics prescribed for patients and replaced them with tap water at Asante Rogue River Medical Center in Medford, Oregon.
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ROGUE VALLEY TIMES
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SHUTTERSTOCK
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Pictured, a team at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford cared for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit during the pandemic.
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The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon.
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COURTESY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS