Appendix B Rich County Public Health Nursing by Helen Kennedy Cornia
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began working as a public health nurse in January 1941, and except for the year I spent in World War I1 as an army nurse in the European theatre, continued to work in public health nursing in Rich County until my retitement in 1982. These were rewarding and happy years, and I remember them with satisfaction. Rural Utah has had great difficulty in attracting medical doctors. This has been true in Rich County, Utah, where but two physicians have practiced since the death of Doctor M. S. Reay in 1943. The nurses who worked in public health nursing programs came about in an effort to alleviate this pressing medical need. The Utah State Department of Health is responsible for the organization of the counties into nine health districts. Each district has a medical director, and a director of nursing, who supervise the activities of the county nurse. In some counties several nurses are hired to perform the work. But while all the programs are alike in a broad
