225:(USPHS) in their Division of Public Health, as the first US Public Health Nurse. She worked as a public health nursing analyst to concentrate on the national health needs of the people. The USPHS hired other nurses to help McIver in providing consultation to all states regarding issues relating to nursing. She was the first nurse to be employed by the USPHS to provide consultation on nursing administration. McIver was convinced that the strengths of each individual director of public health nursing of each state would influence its scope and quality. Her goal was to have an experienced nursing director in the health department of every state. She later continued with the service by working in their Division of Domestic Quarantine. McIver worked closely with the Director of Nursing in the U.S. Children's Bureau,
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