Registered Nurses Association of Ontario pin (a), which is circular and flat, with a design on the front and a sharp, straight pin extending from its reverse; the design consists of a blue enamel triangle with four fenestrations and curving edges; raised metal letters run around the top edge, and w…
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario pin (a), which is circular and flat, with a design on the front and a sharp, straight pin extending from its reverse; the design consists of a blue enamel triangle with four fenestrations and curving edges; raised metal letters run around the top edge, and words are stamped into the metal on the reverse; the clasp (b) is round, with a hole for the pin on one side and a raised, smaller circle on the other for gripping.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - pin - Size:
b - clasp - Size:
Provenance
Owned and used by Nora Valleau, Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing Graduate Class of 1928; received after her death.
The raised metal letters on the front read, "RNAO MEMBER EMERITUS"; on the reverse, "TROPHY CRAFT [illeg.]" is stamped into the metal.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-1
Condition Remarks
The metal on the reverse is darkened; no signs of active corrosion.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Timeline
Reference Comments
"Oral History Transcript for Nora Valleau" by Rona Rustige
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.