Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing
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.
Students at Women’s College Hospital received training in paediatric nursing at the Hospital for Sick Children.
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: […]
Gwen, Class of 1970: The only thing I think, um, I would add is that our residence life, I mean, our nursing school, our nursing education, nursing school, […]
Interviewer: […] if we could go back to the, the student nurses accommodation for a moment. Could you describe sort of what they were like, in the, [thunderclap] […]
Charlotte, Class of 1969: [Laughs.] Oh yes, Mrs. Chase was the mannequin. Interviewer: So what, what type of, you know, procedures or treatments? You had mentioned bathing Mrs. […]
Interviewer: So when you were in the O.R., would it be just one student nurse, or a few student nurses? Charlotte, Class of 1969: It would be one, […]
The nickname “Peaches” was given to her by classmates because of her peaches-and-cream complexion.
On the day of convocation, graduates wore a white graduation uniform and a black band on their nurse’s cap to the ceremony.
