Elfrida Helene Nord

Background

Nord, Elfrida Helene was born on October 8, 1933 in North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Helmer Emil and Elfrida (Gjesbakk) Nord.

Education

Diploma, Sacred Heart Hospital, 1954. Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University Washington, 1969. Master in Public Health, University 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 Services Hospital, Bethel, 1970-1973.

Itinerant public health nurse Section of Nursing Division Public Health, 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 Directors Nursing (secretary), American Association for the History of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau.

Connections

Father:

Helmer Emil Nord

Mother:

Elfrida (Gjesbakk) Nord