White soft cover book with red text and illustration on front cover; contains the story of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing as well as bits of nursing history and Kingston history; 101 pages.
White soft cover book with red text and illustration on front cover; contains the story of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing as well as bits of nursing history and Kingston history; 101 pages.
Some fading of cover; minor scuffing of cover edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Archives
Website
Reference Comments
Archives Association of Ontario, Archeion, “Fonds KGH 5999-950 - Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association fonds,” https://www.archeion.ca/kingston-general-hospital-nurses-alumnae-association-fonds
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
A history of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing , assembled as a commenorative project by members of the alumnae.
The Kingston General Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association was formed in 1896 by graduates of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing. Its original purpose was the maintenance and furnishing of the nurses' home and making surgical dressings. It later became an organization sponsoring social functions for nursing students and raising funds for the Hospital.
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.