Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing operated from 1920 to 1987, and educated over 2,300 nurses.
After six months of study, successful completion of a preclinical training period culminated in the awarding of a distinctive training cap, presented at a formal ceremony. School regulations dictated that “When not in uniform, nurses wear their caps to the dining room as well as to the classroom."
About This Item
- Title: Capping ceremony, Portland, ca. 1980
- Creator: Mercy Hospital
- Creation Date: circa 1980
- Subject Date: circa 1980
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Collection: Mercy Hospital Historic Archive
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
- Group portraits--Maine--Portland
- Health care personnel--Maine--Portland
- Health education
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Medical education
- Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
- Sisters of Mercy.
- Uniforms--Maine--Portland
- Women--Employment
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For more information about this item, contact:
Northern Light Mercy Hospital175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 879-3000
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