Elsa DeHart is the new public health nurse in Haines.
DeHart, who worked the past three years as a public health nurse in Kodiak, replaces Monica Acton, who served here 10 years and recently moved to Sitka.
DeHart has worked 11 years as a nurse and started into the health profession as a midwife. She has four grown children and seven grandchildren. She said she was attracted to public health nursing by its service orientation.
