KAREN: So, when you first became the -- I know you weren't paid as a health aide yet but I keep saying you first became a health aide 'cause that's what you were doing. Did you have any equipment or medicines or anything available?

AGNES: Medicines, there was few medicines up in the clinic that the public health nurse would leave in case we needed it.

KAREN: And they'd let you go use those?

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative). If the doctor orders it and if we had it. If they didn't, they sent it up.

KAREN: Any other things? Like, you had a little black bag or something with things in it?

ANGES: Oh, yes. Always. 'Cause they wanted to know all the vital signs and all that good stuff. Then of course we had to keep track of all the patients that we saw. We had a notebook we kept notes in. You know, when I was done, I had to burn a whole bunch.

KAREN: Why?

AGNES: 'Cause I wasn't the health aide anymore. And they had to be, what, four, five copies that you had to fill out. This was after we had a clinic and they had regular hours from 8 till 4:30. And then we had to keep a log. Lots of paperwork and that was the worst part of the health aide.

KAREN: Was the paperwork?

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative).

KAREN: Yeah.

AGNES: And they gave you just a little space to write on each patient. You had to write really small.

KAREN: Yeah.

AGNES: I wonder where all those papers are on now days. They probably burned them all.

KAREN: Or they are at the hospital. Maybe they have copies.

AGNES: Uh-hum (affirmative).