Nurses/Nursing -- South Dakota

This record group contains records created and maintained by Department of Health and the institutions it governed. Records include: correspondence, reports, birth records, death records, pollution results, medical license records, substance abuse records, surveys, blueprints, crippled children’s home records and grant applications.

This series contains annual reports from McCook County. The reports detail nurse’s activities within the county including classes taught, medical services provided (tests, immunization shots) and office visits as well as some information about any continuing education and professional development activities the nurses completed that year. Reports were compiled by Lorene Lubinus. The records are arranged chronologically.

This series contains a number of different types of records regarding nurses employed in the state of South Dakota such as payrolls, surveys and reports. Also found in this series are surveys and budgetary plans for home health care services. Please see box list for arrangement.

This series contains correspondence from the office of health services from 1976 through 1981. Topics found in the series include perinatal care, family planning, crippled children, WIC, Home Health Agency and public health nursing. Records are arranged chronologically. Documents found loose in the boxes have been filed together at the end of the series in folders labeled “Unfiled correspondence”.

This series contains administrative correspondence pertaining to individual cases and assistance recipients as well as correspondence between and reports from professional organizations such as American Public Welfare Association (APWA) and American Public Human Services Association (APHSA). General administrative correspondence is also contained in this series and pertains to various office projects and plans – including a technology upgrade to the department.

This series contains correspondence from the office of the Secretary of Health. Topics included in the series include budgets, programs for mental and disabled residents, certificates and accreditation for health professionals, community health services and alcohol and drug issues within in South Dakota. See box list for information on arrangement.

This series contains correspondence and publications pertaining to the Civil Rights Act as well as Title VI Compliance Reports from Nursing Homes in South Dakota dating from 1976 to 1978.