PIN, OCCUPATIONAL

Description: PIN, BAR STYLE, SILVER COLORED METAL, RECTANGULAR. MARKED “MRS. P. SASSA, R. N.” IN BLACK. STICK STYLE PIN WITH ROTATING CLOSURE. REVERSE MARKED “REEVES… MASS.”

History: ACCORDING TO THE DONOR PAT SASSA (NEE OKUTAKE) AT THE TIME OF DONATION, "THE 'RN' PINS WERE PASSED OUT BY THE 'AARN' (ALBERTA ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED NURSES) AFTER THE HOME CARE SERVICES BECAME PRIVATE AND MOST OF THE STAFF WERE DESIGNATED OR CHOSE TO CALL THEMSELVES 'NURSES' WHEN THEY WERE NOT GRADUATE REGISTERED NURSES. MANY OF THE YOUNGER R.N.'S WERE NOT WEARING THEIR GRADUATE PINS FROM THE COLLEGES SO THERE WAS A PLEA TO WEAR THE 'R. N.' PIN FOR THE SAKE OF THE PATIENTS." SASSA'S "NURSING EXPERIENCES HAVE TOTALED THIRTY-NINE YEARS. SEVEN YEARS IN THE OPERATING ROOM, ONE YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDMONTON, MEDICAL WARD, SIX YEARS AT THE TABER MEDICAL CENTER, DOCTORS OFFICE, SEVEN YEARS CASUAL NURSING DURING MY CHILD BEARING YEARS AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING." SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.