Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Collection
Category
Archival Items
Nursing
Classification
Archival, Publications
Nursing
Accession Number
995002089 a-b
Description
Certificate (a) issued by the Province of Ontario to Emma Dodds (Certificate No. 32.120), designating her title as Registered Nurse; the certificate is printed - with personal information filled in by hand in ink; there is a round red paper seal at the lower left corner; (b) certificate is framed i…
Certificate (a) issued by the Province of Ontario to Emma Dodds (Certificate No. 32.120), designating her title as Registered Nurse; the certificate is printed - with personal information filled in by hand in ink; there is a round red paper seal at the lower left corner; (b) certificate is framed in a wood and glass frame with a hanging wire at the back.
Number Of Parts
2
Provenance
Certificate awarded to Emma Jane (Dodds) Partridge (Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing graduate Class of 1931); donated by her family.
Dates
1932
circa 1932
Date Remarks
Certificate is dated
Material
paper: off-white
wood: brown
glass: clear
metal wire: silver
Inscriptions
Certificate reads: "Province of Ontario // This is to Certify that // Emma Dodds // having duly complied with the provisions of the Act respecting // The Registration of Nurses and the regulations thereunder has this day been duly // registered in the Department of Health and while so registered // may be designated and use the title // Registered Nurse // Given under our hands and Seal of Office of Minister of Health // at the city of Toronto in the Province of Ontario this twelfth day of // January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two // John M. Robb // Minister of Health // A M. Mann, Reg N // Inspector of Training Schools // Certificate No. 32.120"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-1
Length
37.2 cm
Width
27.1 cm
Depth
1.4 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 37.2 cm. x Width 27.1 cm. x Depth 1.4 cm.
Condition Remarks
(a) Certificate shows no stains, tears or folds; (b) frame shows no damage
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Timeline
Reference Comments
Marilyn Boston
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. https://rnao.ca/sites/rnao-ca/files/RNAOs_Proud_Past.pdf
Research Facts
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, by 1935, was instrumental in developing standards for nursing education and practice. The association protected the title “registered nurse” by making it mandatory to be registered. Nurses had to graduate from nursing school and subsequently be examined again in order to become registered nurses in Ontario. Examinations for the Registered Nurse Certificate began in 1923.