Elfrida Helene Nord

Background

Nord, Elfrida Helene Daughter of Helmer Emil and Elfrida (Gjesbakk) Nord.

Education

Diploma, Sacred Heart Hospital, 1954; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, U. Washington, 1969; Master in Public Health, U. Hawaii, 1983.

Career

Staff nurse, Sacred Heart Hospital, Havre, Montana, 1954-1955; staff nurse operating room, Vancouver (Washington) Memorial Hospital, 1955-1958, 59-64; staff nurse, Ulleval Hospital, Oslo and Hammerfest Hospital, Norway, 1958-1959; nurse advisor, United States Public Health Service/United States Agency for International Development, Cantho, Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1964-1967; staff nurse, Vancouver (Washington) Memorial Hospital, 1970; head nurse, Alaska Native Health Superior vena cava syndrome Hospital, Bethel, 1970-1973; itinerant public health nurse, Section of Nursing Division Public Health, Bethel, 1973-1976; nurse consultant, Section of Communicable Disease Control Division Public Health, Anchorage, 1976-1982, 84; chief section of nursing, Division of Public Health, Juneau, Alaska., since 1984.

Achievements

• Elfrida Helene Nord has been listed as a noteworthy Community health nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alaska Nurses Association, Alaska Public Health Association, American Public Health Association, American Society Circumpolar Health (charter), Association State and Territorial Dirs. Nursing (secretary), American Association for the History of Nursing, SigmaTheta Tau.

Connections

Father:

Helmer Emil Nord

Mother:

Elfrida (Gjesbakk) Nord