Blue covered cardstock booklet; front cover with images of the a classroom with seven student nurses in uniform seated at a table with an image of a two storey building for the School of Nursing; includes lnumeous images of student nurses; inside includes list of information required to determine t…
Blue covered cardstock booklet; front cover with images of the a classroom with seven student nurses in uniform seated at a table with an image of a two storey building for the School of Nursing; includes lnumeous images of student nurses; inside includes list of information required to determine to enroll in the School; 12 pages.
Printed on front: “OTTAWA CIVIC HOSPITAL // SCHOOL OF NURSING"; inside sections: "The Ottawa Civic Hospital // The History of Our School // The Graduation Pin Symbolizes knowledge service progress and success // The main residence // The Objective of the School // Student Particiaption in the School's Organization // The Curriculum // Basic Principles, Techniques and Skills // a home away from home // time for fun // The Alumnae Association"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Nursing Documents Binder pg. 15 b
Length
28.0 cm
Width
20.4 cm
Depth
0.2 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Covers show wear, inside back cover is brown staining from adhesive
Copy Type
original
Research Facts
Civic Hospital School of Nursing
The new Ottawa Civic Hospital and its School of Nursing both opened in late 1924. The red-brick Nurses’ Residence at 737 Parkdale Ave. remains much as it did then, but for a sixth floor addition (above the dark line) in 1939. When both institutions opened, diphtheria, scarlet fever, mumps and tuberculosis were common. The Spanish flu had ravished Ottawa in 1918. And yet, it was only in 1930 that nurses began to receive vaccinations. Until then, constant scrubbing was seen as the best defense. Egg timers at all sinks were intended to promote sufficient scrubbing. To be admitted to the school, girls had to be single, with grade 13 or better, in good health with a robust constitution, a member of a church, and having moral excellence, and an “unblemished character with healthy minds and bodies”.
Only in 1969 were married women admitted to the program. Life at the School was demanding and highly regimented. Students rose at 6 AM to begin 12 hour shifts. Curfew was usually 10:30, and if late, students could expect a stern reminder of what was expected from a supervisor at a huge desk just inside the main door. And that was as far as boys could go. Smoking, alcohol and bobbed hair were forbidden. At least once, a visiting dance band was not allowed to include a saxophone as such instruments were “too sexy”.
By the 1940s, with the school residence no longer able to house all the students, two auxiliary residences were acquired; Residence 2 or the Hutchison or Klock house, on the NE corner of Parkdale and Sherwood; and Residence 3 or the McDougall house, on the NW corner of the same intersection. Both were closed in 1969 with the addition of a 123-bed extension to the back of the main residence.
The end of the school, after more than 4,000 graduates, came in 1973 when the Ontario Government transferred the education of diploma nurses to community colleges.