Interview with Jerry Weston, April 23, 1980

Partial Transcript: You could tell me just a little something about yourself, where you're from and just for the background information, your education.

Segment Synopsis: Jerry Weston describes her education history, from her first professional experience with the FNS was when she was working with a program to raise funds to develop curriculum for nurse practitioners. She explains the institutions who were recipients of the grant, and her own job within this process.

Keywords: Doctorate in Health Service Research; Family nurse practitioners (FNP); Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Johns Hopkins University. School of Nursing; National Center for Health Service Research; Oklahoma; Oklahoma A&M; Oklahoma State University; Project officers; Curriculum development

Partial Transcript: Uh, who else did you work with at the Frontier Nursing Service?

Segment Synopsis: Weston talks about her contacts within the FNS. She mentions that they visited the FNS because they hoped to use the well-kept records of the FNS patients for research across the country. The plan to access the records never succeeded.

Keywords: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Databases; FNS; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Helen Browne ("Brownie"); Hyden (Ky.); Patient confidentiality; Rural health services; Contacts

Partial Transcript: What were your impressions of Hyden when you arrived there?

Segment Synopsis: Weston talks about her first impressions of Hyden. She appreciated the paved roads, the new hotel, and the hospital.

Keywords: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Health facilities.; Mary Breckinridge Hospital; Roads; Rural conditions; Rural health services; Rural health services; Rural locations; Wendover (Ky.); Hyden (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Do you feel that the, uh, results of the Primex grant were satisfactory as far as the FNS was concerned?

Segment Synopsis: Weston talks about the positive results from the grant. She also compares family nurse practitioners with nurse-midwives, and she thinks about the future of nurse practitioners.

Keywords: Family nurse practitioners (FNP); Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing; Health Resources Administration; Medical education; Nurse-midwives; Primex grants; Public health nurses; Specialization; Family nurse practitioner program

Partial Transcript: Did you ever meet or here Mary Breckinridge speak?

Segment Synopsis: Weston talks about how Mary Breckinridge was against federal welfare programs. Weston describes the evening she spent at Wendover when she visited, and how they listened to stories about the beginning of the FNS and Mary Breckinridge. She mentions that Peggy Elmore, who worked at the FNS for a long time, had recently died. When Weston traveled to Kentucky, she was sorry she never got to see the outposts but was thankful for the experience.

Keywords: Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965; Federal programs; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Grants; Outposts; Peggy Elmore; Project officers; Public welfare; Welfare programs; Wendover (Ky.); Appalachian Region

Partial Transcript: With regard to the uh name of the individual who was working with the databank and went to Yale, that individual is Alice Westover.

Segment Synopsis: Weston follows up and gives the names of the women who came to the FNS from Yale. She also lists some of the other leaders of the Primex project at other institutions.

Keywords: Databases; Diabetes; Dissertations; Family nurse practitioners (FNP); Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.; Karen Gordon; Primex project; Yale University; Alice Westover