| Description | Hard bound printed volume containing manuscript entries of probationer nurses attending the Mater Misericordiae Hospital School of Nursing for training. There is an alphabetical index of nurses and corresponding page numbers for their entries at the front of the register. Probationer entries are listed under the following headings: Date of Appointment; Name and Address; Age; By Whom Recommended; Previous Occupation; Remarks; Date of Leaving; and Reason. The ‘Remarks’ section gives details of examination results, certificates obtained and general conduct.
Dates for registration with the national Nurses’ Board are also noted beside the probationers’ names post 1939. The final 6 pages in the register are entries for nuns, all Sisters of Mercy, who undertook nursing training in the Mater; most are from the Convent of Mercy, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, others enrolled from the Convent of Mercy, Our Lady of Lourdes, Dun Laoghaire [the National Rehabilitation Hospital] or from the convent in Carysfort Park, Blackrock, Dublin. The ‘Remarks’ section contains the dates of their Preliminary and Final State examinations undertaken.
Register is closed to general access. |