The study of nursing has been prominent in Camden County since the opening of Cooper and West Jersey’s Schools of Nursing back in the 1890s. The Camden County Historical Society in Camden is ...

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It’s been called “the most significant nursing legislation in our time” and played a significant role in supporting the U.S. war effort during the final years of World War II. The Bolton Act of 1943, ...

The Solomont School of Nursing’s roots reach back to 1968, when then-Lowell State College President Daniel O’Leary hired Gertrude Barker to launch a nursing program. She was one of the few women at ...

Purdue University’s School of Nursing was founded in response to a critical call for action. In the 1950s, Indiana faced a severe nursing shortage, creating urgent demand for more university-based ...