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Nursing collectibles and the people who collect them

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Nursing caps

Finding special caps and their history can be quite an adventure for the avid cap collector. Each nursing school had its own cap, which the graduates continued to wear in their place of employment. Patients and staff could often identify your nursing school just by glancing at your head. The best known North American nursing cap collector was retired nurse Gloria Kay of Ontario, Canada. She donated her collection, which covered the years 1895 to 1983, to the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

So, what do you collect?

Marijke Durning
Marijke is a professional writer who began her working career as a registered nurse over 25 years ago. After working in clinical areas ranging from rehab to intensive care, as a floor nurse to a supervisor, she found she could combine her extensive health knowledge with her love of writing. Although she has been published in a wide variety of publications for professionals and the general public, her passion is writing for the every day person to promote health literacy.

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