A receipt for Mary Pillar's initial registration with the Nurse Registration Branch; printed on a rectangular white piece of paper.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to the donor's mother, Mary Pillar (married name McAlpine), a 1946 graduate of the St. Michael's Hospital School of Nursing, in Toronto; received receipt when she became a registered nurse.
"NURSE REGISTRATION BRANCH // DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH // PROVINCE OF ONTARIO // TORONTO // Serial No 1279 // Received the sum of Five / 100 Dollars // From Mary Pillar, // 1505 Pierre Ave., // Windsor, Ont. // Dated Apr 1/46 // Registration No ___ // M L // Cashier. // Purpose: // Registration // Re-Registration // Examination X // Training School Record // $5.00 // C.L. No. 13435 // 5M-SEPT.-44 D1509 L.P.L." printed on the receipt
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box 4
Length
15.9 cm
Width
8.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 15.9 cm x Width 8.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Very slight discoloration.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Timeline
Website
Reference Comments
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past.pdf
"The St. Michael's Story," St. Michael's Hospital, http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/about/history.php, accessed July 13th, 2020.
Research Facts
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.
St. Michael's Hospital School of Nursing is an urban Roman Catholic hospital based nursing school in Toronto. It was founded in 1892 by the Sisters of St. Joseph to care for the poor, Beginning with 26 beds, by 1912 there were 300 beds and a five room operating suite. "Between 1892 and 1974, St. Michael's School of Nursing graduated 81 classes, totalling 5,177 graduates. The school was closed in 1974 when nursing education was moved into the province's community college system." Their motto, "Quod Minimis Mihi Fecisti," means "You Did It For Me."