The Story of the Quilt of Standards
By Sharon Lawlor, Prince Edward Island, 1998
Excerpt from the official write-up about the history of the quilt by Sharon Lawlor.
"The origin of the quilt came in the fall of 1998, when I was nominated as Chair of Public Relations Committee for the Federation of Canadian Mental Health Nurses Board of Directors. Within a few months, we came up with the idea of relaying the story of our specialty throughout Canada via the route of a quilt that depicted the importance of our goals."
"The federation's first goal as a national interest group was to achieve status as a designated specialty with Canadian Nurses Associations. With that status, there was then established a credentialing examination for psychiatry. and mental health nurses with the Canadian Nurses Association Testing Service. Nurses in Canada have had the opportunity to become certified in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing since January 1995. Certified nurses are eligible to sign CPMHN(C) after their name and to wear a pin presented to them by the CNA."