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Adams County health nurse asks commissioners to convert part‑time role to full time amid higher vaccine demand
Summary
Adams County health department requested the board consider converting a part‑time nurse position to full time after repeated turnover and rising vaccination volumes; staff said funding sources must be reviewed before the board can approve.
Holly, a nurse with the Adams County health department, asked county commissioners to consider converting a part‑time nurse position to full time because the clinic has “gone through 4 or 5 nurses in 2 and a half years” and is the only nurse currently on staff.
The request stems from persistent turnover, she said, and from higher vaccination demand: “I doubled my vaccine rates. My MMR is doubled. My whooping cough almost doubled,” Holly said, noting increased lead case reporting and outreach opportunities, including possible vaccine clinics…
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