Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Education Artifacts
Archival Items
Nursing
Classification
Education
Archival
Nursing
Accession Number
001043021 a-f
Description
Six sheets of paper making up the Registration of Nursing Exam; each page covers a different topic and has several questions; each sheet has the Ontario crest on the top.
Six sheets of paper making up the Registration of Nursing Exam; each page covers a different topic and has several questions; each sheet has the Ontario crest on the top.
Number Of Parts
6
Part Names
a-f - papers - Size: Length 25.5 cm x Width 15.8 cm
Provenance
This is an exam retained by Mabel McColl, possibly the one she took in school; donated to the alumnae by her daughter Kaye Wilson.
Printed at the top of each page. "EXAMINATION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF NURSES // IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO // November 28th, 29th and 30th, 1934." the topics are "Anatomy and Physiology" (a), "Preventive Medicine and Hygiene" (b), "Medical Nursing" (c), "Nursing in General Orthopedic and Gynaecological Surgery" (d), "Obstetrical Nursing" (e), "Children's Nursing (f);
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 8
Condition Remarks
The papers show some wear; some corrosion damage from a metal paper clip.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Timeline
Reference Comments
Marilyn Boston
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past.pdf
Research Facts
Mabel McColl graduated from Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1935; the nurses had to choose five questions from each page to answer; the test was administered over 3 days.
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, by 1935, was instrumental in developing standards for nursing education and practice. The association protected the title “registered nurse” by making it mandatory to be registered. Nurses had to graduate from nursing school and subsequently be examined again in order to become registered nurses in Ontario. Examinations for the Registered Nurse Certificate began in 1923.