Yearbook for Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1967; padded leatherette hardbound book; contains aerial photograph of Kingston General Hospital, and there is a hand drawn illustration near the back of the book spanning two pages of nurses on a beach, with the nurses' heads being …
Yearbook for Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1967; padded leatherette hardbound book; contains aerial photograph of Kingston General Hospital, and there is a hand drawn illustration near the back of the book spanning two pages of nurses on a beach, with the nurses' heads being cut-out photographs of Kingston General Hospital nurses; 112 pages.
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
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.