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Offline jcsturgis

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Nursing Qualification Acronyms
« on: Monday 02 January 17 18:50 GMT (UK) »
My great aunt has the following acronym M.R.B.N.A in the nursing register - does anyone know what it stands for.  None of the current list of acronyms seem to contain it, so I guess it must be a historic classification.

Many thanks in anticipation.
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Re: Nursing Qualification Acronyms
« Reply #1 on: Monday 02 January 17 18:56 GMT (UK) »
Is it Member of the Royal British Nurses Association ?

http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/kclca/collection/r/10ro65-1
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Re: Nursing Qualification Acronyms
« Reply #2 on: Monday 02 January 17 19:00 GMT (UK) »
It looks quite likely, doesn't it - thanks for the tip, I'll try and pursue this angle.

Thanks very much  :D
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Re: Nursing Qualification Acronyms
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 03 January 17 16:45 GMT (UK) »
Attached is the entry for my great grand-aunt PRISCILLA STURGIS ...

Does anyone know anything about either the Nurses Institute, Leicester or the Nurses Co-operative Association, Lincoln.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.
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Re: Nursing Qualification Acronyms
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 03 January 17 17:20 GMT (UK) »
The writing on the entry is quite small, but it looks as though she was nursing in the 1880s / 1890s. She may have been a volunteer nurse in WWI with the Red Cross. Although I can't find her on the database, if she married and changed her name, you may be able to locate her on the website link below.

  http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Who-we-are/History-and-origin/First-World-War 
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