Medicine: A Nursing Profession

The first school of nursing in the United States organized as a separate professional school in a university, with its own dean, faculty, buildings and budget, has been established at Yale University with funds provided by the Rockefeller Foundation. The school is marked by three new departures: 1) The curriculum will be based on the educational needs of the student nurse; instead of making her a hospital apprentice burdened with routine and drudgery. 2) The course will be reduced from three years to 28 months. 3) The patient will be considered in...

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