Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
After studying for six months and completing their preclinical training, Mercy Hospital Nursing students received a distinctive training cap during a formal ceremony. According to school regulations, nurses had to wear their training caps in the dining room and the classroom when they were not in uniform.
About This Item
- Title: Mercy School of Nursing capping ceremony, Portland, ca. 1960
- Creator: Mercy Hospital
- Creation Date: circa 1960
- Subject Date: circa 1960
- 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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- Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
- 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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Northern Light Mercy Hospital175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 879-3000
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