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3/9/10
Renate Atkins is chief operating officer at SWMC By Heather Acheson Post-Record staff A local resident is among a handful of women who will be honored as part of the 2010 Women of Achievement celebration on Friday, March 19, in Vancouver. The event, organized by Clark College and the YWCA Clark County, honors local women and teen girls for their outstanding leadership, community involvement, and inspirational achievement in volunteer and professional roles. Currently the chief operating officer for Southwest Washington Medical Center, Camas resident Renate "Rainy" Atkins is being recognized for the positive impacts she has had on patients and the medical field during her career. The daughter of a doctor and a nurse, Atkins earned an associate's degree in nursing and later bachelor's and master's degrees. While living in Flagstaff, Ariz., Atkins had what she calls one of her most rewarding experiences ó working as a neonatal and pediatric air transport nurse attending seriously ill infants and children on flights from rural Arizona to Flagstaff Medical Center. In Flagstaff, she held several positions as her career progressed from neonatal nurse to vice president of operations for Verde Valle Medical Center. "Find your passion, and don't make a quick judgment of what that passion might be," Atkins suggests. "Be open to possibilities." Read the rest of the story in the March 9 issue of the Post-Record |
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