EDWARDS
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
622 West 8th Street, Kinsley, Kansas
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Lori
Wood, R.N., BSN
After graduating from Stafford High
School, I attended Hutchinson Community College for1 year and transferred to Fort Hays
State University, Hays KS to complete my BSN. I
graduated in May 1982. After graduation, I worked at the
Wakeeney District Hospital in Wakeeney, KS as a graduate nurse for a semester. I worked 12 hour days and did a little of
everything- Floor duty, ER, Labor/Delivery. One
of the doctors on staff took me under his wing and taught me many things in preparation
for taking my nursing state boards. I passed my state boards and my
husband and I moved back to his hometown in Trousdale, KS after finishing college. I worked at the St. John District Hospital in St.
John, KS for 5 years. I was head nurse for
the night shift (11-7), doing floor duty, ER work, assisting in delivering babies, and
whatever else was generally needed. ER work
was very stressful; our shift had something happen almost every night. The nurse aids on
my shift would watch the patients and answer the phone while I was in ER. I found it a true challenge to be several places
at once when I was the only RN on duty. This
was a great way to develop organizational skills and patience. When my children were born, I took a
leave of absence from nursing from 1987-1992. As
time passed and they both started school, I felt I needed to get back in the work place. I decided that I wanted a job that would allow me
to be a mother & wife with a fairly regular schedule and at the same time continue
helping people and practice my nursing skills. I
knew that hospital nursing would not fit that route.
That is when a friend of mine talked to me about Public Health Nursing. I began working at the Edwards
County Health Dept. in 1992. This will be my 10th year of working in Public
Health. I have learned so much about a whole
other aspect of nursing care. Public Health
is a great way for nurses to educate people about health
issues and hopefully having them adopt and apply this education to prevent disease
or health problems later on.
The programs that I
work with in Public Health include
Why is Public
Health Important to you?
"Public
Health provides an excellent opportunity to deal with the people. That is what I went into nursing for in the first
place- to be involved with people. I have
always enjoyed getting to know others, and trying to help with whatever health problem
they may be having. Public Health allows many
opportunities to provide preventative care to the community and gives many learning
experiences to nurses in return. There are so many different things to do in public health
and it seems there are no dull moments with the variety of things we do each
day."......... Lori
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