Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing
Two students practice administering medication in the classroom while their instructor, Jessie Young, director of nursing, observes.
Student nurses studying for their Practical Nursing class in Queen’s Park.
A mother-daughter tea was held for the graduating class in Burton Hall. It was tradition to use the hospital’s silver tea service, saved only for special occasions.
Two student nurses from the Class of 1958 model their new uniforms. This class was the first to start their full three years of training in Burton Hall.
A student nurse gets ready to enter the operating room at Women’s College Hospital. Students were assigned rotations in different departments in the hospital, most lasting 3 months.
Students at Women’s College Hospital received training in paediatric nursing at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Interviewer: Do you remember your first day on the floor as a student nurse? Charlotte, Class of 1969: [Laughs.] Oh yes. It was quite a buildup. We were […]
Pat, Class of 1958: So you see how influential the philosophy of the hospital and then subsequently, the philosophy of the school, had on me, a seventeen year […]
Pat, Class of 1958: When we got our full uniform, um, look at the way our hats are folded. [Looking at photograph.] Margaret, Class of 1958: [Laughing.] Pat: […]
Margaret, Class of 1958: That’s in a room in Burton Hall, and we were the first full class to come and live in the new residence. Interviewer: Oh! […]
Pat, Class of 1958: I come down my corridor and I hear Maggie on the phone, and it’s about- Margaret, Class of 1958: Oh yeah. Pat: -November- Margaret: […]
Interviewer: So the one question that we’ve been asking everybody is why did you pick Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing? Margaret, Class of 1958: Oh! Pat, Class […]
