The first page of the folder contains the elaborate St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Training School emblem containing the crest "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" in the middle. The second page certifies that Kathleen P. Wheeler has passed the final examination of the conjoint board of examiners of the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association. It states that Kathleen is fully registered as a Trained Nurse following a three-year course in Medical, Surgical, Opthalmic and Gynaecological Nursing. It is dated June 1928 and is signed Edward Prendergast MBBS, Honorary Lecturer and Mary Gertrude Healy, Mother Rectress.st vincent's hospital melbourne, kathleen p. wheeler, nurse training

The certificate states that Miss Kathleen Wheeler has passed in elementary anatomy and physiology in 1926 and is signed by Dr W.J. O'Loughlin MMBS, Lecturer. This certificate was part of the first-year preliminary training requirement that nurses had to undertake to become a fully qualified nurse in three years of clinical and practical learning. st vincent's hospital melbourne, kathleen p. wheeler, dr w. j. o'loughlin, nurse training

Following Kathleen Wheeler's nursing graduation at St Vincent's Hospital, Doctor Doyle writes that he "can speak only in the highest terms" of Miss Wheeler. He continues to say that she is ''careful, conscientious and capable and does not spare herself in the welfare of her patients".kathleen p. wheeler, dr leo doyle, st vincent's hospital melbourne

The certificate of registration number 4540 is for Miss Wheeler who completed her nurse training at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. It is signed by the President and Secretary of the ANF, the President of the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses Association and Nurse Kathleen Philomena Wheeler. kathleen p. wheeler, st vincent's hospital nurse training., australian nursing federation, the royal victorian trained nurses association.

The nursing registration regulations in 1926 required all nurse trainees to receive instruction on invalid cookery post graduation. Most institutions required this certificate for their nursing positions.swinburne technical college, invalid cookery, kathleen p. wheeler

The summary documents Miss Wheelers' time during her training. For example, nurses were given board and meals but not paid wages. They had to bring linen and sets of cutleries and had to pay a ten-pound entrance fee to cover uniforms and laundering. There was a six-week probation period and if accepted, they became junior nurses who studied theory whilst working long hours in the hospital. st vincent's hospital melbourne, nurse training, kathleen p. wheeler