Keywords: Nursing Education
Item 35228
Maine School of Practical Nursing Brochure, 1963
Contributed by: Kennebec Valley Community College Archive Date: 1963 Location: Waterville; Presque Isle Media: Ink on paper
Item 104089
Sister Marcia and nursing class, Portland, 1948
Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: 1948 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Practical Nursing in Waterville
The Maine School of Practical Nursing opened a facility in Waterville in 1957 and continued teaching practical nursing there until about 1980 when changes in the profession and in the state's educational structure led to its demise.
Exhibit
Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos
"In 1965, all of the nursing school facilities were consolidated into their St. John Street location, creating one space for classrooms, a library…"
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Candid Photography
"Mercy continually received praise for the quality of its nursing program. A grateful patient writing in 1967 singled out “Miss Cyr Junior Student”…"
Story
Nursing at Mercy Hospital during WWII
by Roberta Loring
Education and nursing at Mercy Hospital during World War II.
Story
My education and work at THE Mercy
by Judy Harmon
Judy Harmon discussed X-Ray School, changing technology, and her 1960s jeep
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: Healthcare History in Maine
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to read and analyze letters, literature, and other primary documents and articles of material culture from the MHS collections relating to how people in Maine have given and received healthcare throughout history. Students will discuss the giving and receiving of medicines and treatments from the 18th-21st centuries, the evolving role of hospitals since the 19th century, and how the nursing profession has changed since the Civil War. Students will also look at how people and healthcare facilities in Maine have addressed epidemics in the past, such as influenza and tuberculosis, and what we can learn today from studying the history of healthcare and medicine.
