Nursing Schools

The College History Garden blog highlights resources on colleges that have closed, merged, or changed their names.

Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane, Washington was affiliated with Sacred Heart Hospital and the Sisters of Providence. Operated from 1898-1973. Image source: East Carolina University Digital Collections.

Boston City Hospital School of Nursing

Caring, The Heart of a Nurse: A History of Iowa Methodist School of Nursing 1901-1999; written by June Lowe Beals (1999). I picked up a copy at a used book sale and thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the school. Beals did a very good job of communicating what it was like to be a student nurse and the commitment of students to their calling.

Chelsea Westminster Hospital teaching facilities 1960s

Great shot of Beth Israel Hospital nursing students learning about the human ear from instructor Ms. Drew, circa 1963.

Rex Hospital School of Nursing, Raleigh, NC; graduating class in 1937; the nursing school operated from 1894-1974; image source: library.digitalnc.org

Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, NC; the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont, NC founded a hospital in 1906. Originally on East First Street behind St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. The second facility, pictured here, opened in 1916 on East Fifth Street. The school of nursing acquired by Carolinas Healthcare in 1995 and closed in 2016. image source: www.cmstory.org

Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Charlotte, NC; the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont, NC founded a hospital in 1906. Originally on East First Street behind St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. The second facility, pictured here, opened in 1916 on East Fifth Street. The school of nursing acquired by Carolinas Healthcare in 1995 and closed in 2016. image source: www.cmstory.org

American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) is a professional organization which fosters the importance of history in understanding the present and guiding the future of nursing,

PGH Nurse Preparing a Clysis in Supply Room, c1900, PGH Collection. Image courtesy of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.

Vassar Brothers Hospital's School of Nursing Graduating Class of 1953

Albert Einstein Medical Center SON--Joint Graduation (Combined N. and S. Divisions), held at N. Division, 5/23/1954. Image courtesy of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing.

Students in science laboratory. Circa 1950-1960s, Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing. Image courtesy of Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing. Founded as the Training School of German Hospital of Philadelphia in 1899; with change in name of hospital in 1917, became Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing; closed in 1992;