Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
The Mercy Hospital School of Nursing operated during the years 1920-1987, 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.
The Mercy Nursing School capping exercises began with a processional, followed by the presentation of the caps. After students received their caps, they took the Florence Nightingale Pledge, received an address and benediction, and finished with a recessional. Parents often attended the ceremony.
About This Item
- Title: Capping ceremony, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, ca. 1975
- Creation Date: circa 1975
- Subject Date: circa 1975
- 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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- Health education
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Medical education
- Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
- Sisters of Mercy.
- Women--Employment
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Northern Light Mercy Hospital175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, ME 04102
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