Columbia University School of Nursing

Columbia University
School of Nursing
TypePrivate
Established1892 (1892)
Parent institution
Columbia University
DeanLorraine Frazier
Location,
CampusUrban
Websitewww.nursing.columbia.edu

The School of Nursing is the graduate school of nursing at Columbia University in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1892, it stands as one of the oldest nursing schools in the United States.[1]

The School of Nursing was the first nursing school to award a master's degree in a clinical specialty.[2] The school was the first to be elected a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for International Nursing Development in Advanced Practice.[2]

  1. ^ New Building for Columbia School of Nursing.Businesswire.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-01.
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