Registered General Nurse Scotland Pin

[CanadianNurseAbroad]

Hey there,

I recently have come accross a cool pin that looks as though it was issued to Scottish nurses. It is a silver circle with the words "Registered General Nurse Scotland" which encircles a blue and white circular St. Andrew's Cross. It has a regular clasp pin back and a small silver hoop hidden behind the pin at the top which may have at one point held a chain attached to a pin to secure the badge to a nurse's uniform. Has anyone else come accross anything like it? What were they given out for and by whom? I have a feeling it is old, but unfortunately there is no date save the silvermaker's stamps which I am not fluent in. Just curious as to what such a cool looking pin was in honour of.

Cheers

Pete

[karenG]

try talking to the Nightingale museum.. they may be able to tell you more. The RCN displays a number of badges too. The silver hoop would have been for attatching a safety chain. I have that on all my badges.

we had hospital badges- I have 3! and we had a registration badge. being so old my badge is from the days of the general nursing council and has my registration number on the back.

Karen

[donmurray]

That sounds like a Scottish registration badge (pin) The silver ones were issued on initial registration, to newly qualified RN's. Bronze for SEN (LPN) The English equivalent then was SRN (State Registered Nurse) There should be an ID number, or even the name of the original owner on the back.

ebay uk has a "nursing registration badge" section with pictures...

[CanadianNurseAbroad]

Thanks for that guys! I absolutely love the pin. And you are right there is a nurse's name on the back, would be interesting to know what year the badge is from.

Pete

[karenG]

try going the NMC web site- there is a section there for the public to check the registration of nurses... just maybe if you put the name in, you might come up with an idea of who owned the badge..

Karen