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PIN

Dimensions6.5 cm
Object numberHF.2019.20.9
DescriptionRound metal pin that was custom made to wear as a name tag during the 100th anniversary of the PEI Hospital School of Nursing. The pin is cream colored with black lettering surrounding a small black and white picture. The picture would be Audrey Profitt at her Nursing School Graduation.
Narrative
The first official nursing school in the province was at the Prince Edward Island Hospital in 1891, which was also among the first in Canada. Several schools of nursing opened throughout PEI over the next 100 years and in the 1960s the Association of Nurses of PEI began to push for a centralized system of training. The result was the Prince Edward Island School of Nursing which operated from 1969-1994 before becoming part of the University of Prince Edward Island's nursing sciences program.

In 1991 the Prince Edward Island Hospital School of Nursing celebrated its 100th Anniversary with festivities for former graduates as well as personalized buttons.