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By Melissa Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volunteer Luisa Gaebe is the go-to trainer at MultiCare Covington Medical Center\u2019s Emergency Department. She has logged nearly 1,100 hours between December 2012 and January 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is dependable and always willing to help train new volunteers,\u201d says Jaime Garcia, South King County volunteer coordinator.<\/p>\n

A hospital is not an unfamiliar environment for Gaebe. She spent more than 20 years working as a labor and delivery nurse at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital before retiring in April 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe birth center was a great fit for me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Finding her way<\/h3>\n

Gaebe was born and raised in southern Idaho, then moved to the Seattle area in 1967. She worked in the trust department at a bank for a dozen years before moving to Puget Power for six.<\/p>\n

She decided clerical work wasn\u2019t right for her for the long term. But because Gaebe always enjoyed helping people, she soon enrolled in nursing school taking night classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI originally thought about midwifery, but one, I couldn\u2019t afford the tuition, and two, I couldn\u2019t not work while I went to school,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

After Gaebe graduated, she worked a few months in a rehabilitation clinic. A friend told her about Tacoma General and soon she was working in labor and delivery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a wonderful experience if everything was going well,\u201d Gaebe says. \u201cIf not, it could be rather stressful. But I didn\u2019t want to do other types of nursing, like in medical\/surgical or in offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe birth center is fast-paced, and that appealed to me. You\u2019re working on your own, but at the same time, you have a group, a team you can call on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Retirement and service<\/h3>\n

Gaebe retired in April 2009 at 63 years old and is now 74. She began volunteering at Covington Medical Center\u2019s gift shop. When Covington opened its emergency department nearly two years ago, she moved her service there. She works one day a week, four hours a day, generally filling supply carts in the rooms or bringing coffee or warm blankets to patients.<\/p>\n

Gaebe says volunteering allows her to still be in a medical atmosphere but on her terms, and all with less stress and reduced responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I retired, I was just at a stage of life where that work wasn\u2019t fulfilling anymore,\u201d she says. \u201cHere, I can still be of service. I have the chance to be around the medical field, but I don\u2019t have the responsibility and stress that the nurses have.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also gets to spend more time with her husband, Skip. The couple recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n

Occasionally, Gaebe does miss the fast-paced environment and the babies.<\/p>\n

\u201cBabies always cry when I pick them up,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cOf course, in my job, that\u2019s what you wanted. But it was an experience. I was very fortunate to have all those experiences and work with all the great people that I did. I worked with some of the best nurses in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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