NewScope [July-September 1980]

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GREENSBORO, N.C.
WESLEY LONG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1980
What's It All About?
People working to
help people is what
United Way is all
about. Those who
are needed reach out
to aid the truly needy
—in countless ways,
everyday. United
Way can work because of your contribution. Wesley
Long's United Way
campaign will take
place in October.
This year, don't
forget "people"
when asked to support the United Way.
It will work. Thanks
to you.
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Wesley Long's New Oncology Nurse
"There is a tremendous need for emotional
support for both the patient and family who are
faced with cancer," explains Sue Enright, Wesley Long's new oncology nurse.
Working under the Department of Nursing,
Sue began her position on July 21. Previously
she was an R.N. in ICCU and head nurse on
sixth floor at Wesley Long. Sue completed
nurses training at Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park,
Illinois.
In her new role Sue sees herself as a support
person for the cancer patient and his family. "I
will meet with the patient and his family to help
them deal with the illness and any problems or
concerns resulting from it," says Sue.
Working closely with four Greensboro oncologists (Drs. Karb, Lusk. Rosen and
Sillmon) and their patients, Sue makes rounds with physicians in order to become
acquainted with individual patients. She will work with other physicians and their patients
on a referral basis. "I would like to offer my assistance to any physician who has a cancer
patient at our hospital," stresses Sue.
Describing her job as an oncology nurse, Sue points out seven areas she is concentrating
on. A registered nurse who is free from staff duties, she acts as a "greeter, explainer,
translator, message carrier, family supporter, information gatherer and staff sensitizer."
More particularly, Sue accompanies a physician to the patient's room and after being
introduced to the patient, will visit daily for the length of the hospital stay. The "greeter"
role also is important to the repeat patient or the patient who is hospitalized more than one
time. The oncology nurse is there to give a warm reception to her former patients so they
will have a familiar face with which to relate. Sue is very interested in establishing a
harmonious relationship with each patient she assists.
On subsequent visits to the patient, Sue acts as an explainer, letting the patient know
exactly why he is a patient and what his treatment will be. As a translator, Sue clarifies to
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Physicians Join WLCH Medical Staff
The new face in the Wesley Long
Emegency Room is Dr. Ronald Roberts.
Originally from Cincinatti, Ohio, Dr.
Roberts studied at Case Western Reserve
for a Ph.D. in Physics. After teaching in
that field for several years, he changed
careers and went into medicine at Chapel
Hill. Roberts did his internship in internal
medicine at the Medical University of
South Carolina in Charleston.
We all welcome Dr. Roberts to the
staff, y
Dr. William D.
McKeown has recently been approved for the medical staff by the
Wesley Long Medical Board.
McKeown,      a
Newton, N.C.  native, has joined the
practice of Drs. Marks and Welborn in
internal medicine.
Prior to private practice, Dr. McKeown
was an Emergency Room physician at
Moses Cone, where he also did his residency in internal medicine. He graduated
from Bowman Gray School of Medicine
in 1976 and did his undergraduate studies
at Chapel Hill.
New to Wesley
Long, but not to
the Greensboro
area, is Dr. Roy S.
Clemmons, a Psy-
chiarist with a speciality in Psycho-
somatics.
After receiving
his degree in
Philosophy from Guilford and beginning
work on his masters. Dr. Clemmons
changed to medicine at Duke University.
From there Dr. Clemmons went to
Jackson Memorial Hospital for his Internship, to Duke for Residency, and back to
the University of Florida to teach.
Added to his long list of achievements,
Dr. Clemmons was the Clinical Director
of Guilford County Department of Mental
Health and served in the Air Force.
Now in private practice, Dr. Clemmons
combines the two fields of Psychiatry and
Medicine forming Psychosomatics.
Orthopaedic
surgeon Dr. Peter
Whitfield has
joined the medical
staff of Wesley
Long Hospital. A
native of Providence, Rhode Island. Whitfield received his M.D.
degree from George Washington University where he also interned in general
surgery. He served a four year orthopaedic residency at Duke University
Medical Center. Dr. Whitfield is in pri
vate practice with Drs. Mortenson, Lavender, and Rendall.
New Bern native
George R. Kilpat-
rick, Jr., M.D. has
recently joined
Wesley Long's
medical staff. He
graduated from
Meharry Medical
College in Nashville, Tennessee
and interned at Hubbard Hospital there.
Kilpatrick fulfilled residency requirements
at Harlem Hospital Center and Fitzsimons
Army Medical Center. He practices internal medicine in Greensboro.
Dr. Andrew Courts specializes in
psychiatry and has a private practice at
1024 Professional Village. A native of
Reidsville, N.C, Dr. Courts graduated
from UNC-Chapel Hill School of
Medicine and served residencies in
psychiatry at N.C. Memorial and Duke
University Hospitals.