1928 - 1936
1928-1930 The first mention of public health nurses in Nevada was between 1928 and 1930. The Nevada Public Health Association appointed a nurse to the Health Department to work wherever needed in the state. With a population of 90,981, Nevada was the least populated state in the country. There were 17 counties with one-third of the population in Washoe County. $7500 was budgeted for three public health nurses who provided school and home health services to ten counties but Clark County was not mentioned.
1932-1934 Two public health nurses, Ms. Barrett and Ms. Fransworth, were assigned to work in Clark County, including the public schools.
Christie Thompson Corbett, RN
1936 The passage of the Social Security Act (1935) provided Nevada with $40,000 in federal funding to hire and prepare nurses in public health. Christie Thompson Corbett, the only state public health nurse at that time, explained that the money was “to improve health conditions in Nevada, especially in rural areas.” This included health supervision of school children, prenatal care and home care. It increased the number of public health nurses to one for each county. Rachel Johnson was the public health nurse assigned to Clark County in 1939 and was headquartered in Overton.