Yearbook for the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1970; red padded hardbound book with Kingston General Hospital logo printed in gold on the cover, contains photographs of student and graduating nurses; 116 pages.
Yearbook for the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1970; red padded hardbound book with Kingston General Hospital logo printed in gold on the cover, contains photographs of student and graduating nurses; 116 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated by the Kingston General Hospital Archives via Tamara Nelson, archivist
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.