Myra quickly gained experience caring for the sick on the west coast of Newfoundland. In these areas of Newfoundland (like Parsons Pond) there were no hospitals or doctors available.[2] Myra often made news headlines, often referred to as "Nurse Bennett of the Outports".[2] She was known for being especially passionate and resourceful in the rural areas in which she worked. There are stories recorded that show the great distances Bennett would travel to get to her patients.[2] When the need for hospitals was clear to Bennett she transformed her house into a hospital with the help and support of her 3 kids and husband.[2]
Her work in Newfoundland encouraged the construction of new hospitals in Bonne Bay, Port Saunders and St. Anthony's.[2]
The house that she lived in at Daniel's Harbour is now a heritage site.
Bennett's life as a nurse in outport Newfoundland was written in an article by Reader's Digest and a book entitled Don't Have Your Baby in the Dory by H. Gordon Green.
CBC TV also did a documentary on her life story, as well as, an interview with Peter Gzowski.
She is also the subject of Robert Chafe's play Tempting Providence (Playwrights Canada Press, 2004).
She tells stories of her time as a nurse in Weekend Magazine's article Nurse Bennett of The Outports by Cyril Robinson.[2]
