Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival
Nursing Education
Administration
Communication
Ephemera
Classification
Archival
Nursing Education
Administration
Communication
Ephemera
Accession Number
001043022 a-h
Description
A bundle of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing exams; eight pages, each with a different exam; the papers are held together with a large safety pin; the exams are "dietetics" (a), "general surgery" (b), "principles of nursing" (c), "anatomy" (d), "pediatrics" (e), "surgical technique" (f),…
A bundle of Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing exams; eight pages, each with a different exam; the papers are held together with a large safety pin; the exams are "dietetics" (a), "general surgery" (b), "principles of nursing" (c), "anatomy" (d), "pediatrics" (e), "surgical technique" (f), "general medicine" (g), and "obstetrics" (h); the papers contain only the questions, but there are some notes scibbled on some of the pages.
Number Of Parts
8
Part Names
a-h - papers - Size: Length 28.0 cm x Width 21.5 cm
Provenance
These are exams retained by Mabel McColl; donated to the alumnae by her daughter Kaye Wilson.
The papers are heavily worn around the edges; damage from the safety pin; some of the back pages are severely ripped.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Website
Reference Comments
Marilyn Boston
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Mabel McColl graduated from Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing in 1935; the exams were taken during April and May of 1934; they are all intermediate level.
The first official graduating class of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1888; the school was created in order to educate nurses as the demand for them increased, as well as providing a labour force to the hospital. When the first nurses graduated, they were given a certificate of completion, twenty five dollars, and a nursing medal. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings or other memorabilia to commemorate their graduation from the school.