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The Cornell University School of Nursing was a nursing school in New York City founded in 1877 as the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses; it closed in 1979. [1] The school awarded a Bachelor of Nursing degree after five years of study, two in an undergraduate college and three at the Medical Center. It was one of the few institutions that offered an undergraduate nursing program geared especially for those who already had a bachelor's degree in another field. [2]

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History

As a part of New York Hospital, the nursing school began its connection with Cornell University when Cornell's Medical College affiliated with New York Hospital in 1927. [3] In 1932, the nursing school moved to a joint campus on the upper east side of New York when both institutions co-located.

The nursing school became a unit of Cornell University in 1942 and was renamed as the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing. [4]

The school remained financially independent of the university, however, with Cornell providing only the salary of the dean. The rest of its funding came from state and federal sources, tuition, and the daily charges billed to patients staying at New York Hospital. In the mid-1970s insurance companies started to refuse to reimburse nursing education expenses as a part of hospital charges, and federal funding also declined. [1] A 1970 university planning review had furthermore concluded that there were enough undergraduate nursing programs available through CUNY and SUNY to serve the city. [2] Consequently, the university closed down the school, and the last class graduated in 1979.

A history of the school from 1877 to 1979 is found in Go, and Do Thou Likewise by Shirley H. Fondiller. [5] The historical records of the School of Nursing are housed at the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CU-NYH School of Nursing Hosts Alumni Day | Dean's Bulletin | Weill Cornell Medical College | Cornell University". Med.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. 1 2 Cummings, Judith (May 24, 1979), "Last Class Leaves Cornell Nursing School", The New York Times, p. B8, retrieved 2022-10-20
  3. ↑ "Our Years of Achievement | Weill Cornell Medical College | Cornell University". Med.cornell.edu. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  4. ↑ "Cornell Takes Over Nursing School Here; Graduates of New York Hospital Course to Get Degrees", The New York Times, p. 15, March 6, 1942, retrieved 2022-10-20
  5. ↑ Foreword by Alma S. Woolley, published 2007 by the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. 316 pp. ( ISBN   978-0-615-14173-2).
  6. ↑ "Weill Cornell Medical College : Medical Center Archives : Our Collections". Med.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  7. 1 2 3 "Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing", Weill Cornell Archives: History of the Institutions, Weill Cornell Medicine Samuel J. Wood Library, retrieved 2022-10-20

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