A pair of red fabric inserts for Kingston General Hospital student nurse's uniform sleeve cuffs with pointed ends have buttonholes at each end for button style cufflink closure; includes a folded twill tape to attach to sleeve at midpoint.
A pair of red fabric inserts for Kingston General Hospital student nurse's uniform sleeve cuffs with pointed ends have buttonholes at each end for button style cufflink closure; includes a folded twill tape to attach to sleeve at midpoint.
Exhibit: "For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital" Nov 13, 2008.
Length
36.0 cm
Width
6.5 cm
Depth
0.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 36.0 cm x Width 6.5 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Websites
Article
Reference Comments
Canadian Museum of History, "Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps," https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/infirm/inint01e.html
"For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital," Museum of Health Care. https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/explore/exhibitions/forservicetohumanity.html
Andrea Melvin, “Badges of Honour or Devices of Control?: Nursing Uniforms at Kingston General Hospital Training School for Nurses,” Dr. Margaret Angus Research Fellowship, 2008. Museum of Health Care at Kingston.
Research Facts
Donor wore this student nurse's uniform during nurse's training at Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1971.
Throughout the twentieth century, nurses' uniforms changed, in particular with the rising of hemlines. The nurse's uniform was generally white, and Kingston General Hospital uniforms were once known for "turkey red" hemlines. Different levels of nursing education had different uniforms, in particular different caps, as graduate nurses had black bands on their caps to indicate their level of education. Nurse’s uniforms had many elements, and some had detachable collars, bibs, and cuffs. Nurses would often remove their cuffs when they got in the way of tasks, but would put them immediately back on when superiors or the public were around.