Established in 1923 in New Haven,
Connecticut
, U.S.
,
Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has become a leading
school of nursing in the United States with
a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and clinical
practice. The school is ranked in the top ten graduate
schools of nursing in the United States by
U.S. News and World Report and among
nursing institutions that have received support from the National
Institutes of Health
.
Academics
Yale School of Nursing offers degrees in Nursing, including a
Doctor of Philosophy and
Master of Science in Nursing
degree with
Nurse Practitioner,
Clinical Nurse Specialist,
Nursing Management, Policy and Leadership, and
Nurse-Midwifery specialties. The school also
has the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing (GEPN) program,
which is intended for students with a bachelor's degree but no
background in nursing. Joint degree programs are available with
Yale School of Public
Health and
Yale Divinity
School.
In addition to degree programs, YSN offers pre and post doctoral
research training and post-master's certificates in various Nurse
Practitioner specialities.
History
The Yale School of Nursing was founded in 1923 with funding from
the Rockefeller Foundation. It was the first independent
University-based school for the education of nurses.
YSN was the first school on nursing to have the autonomy of a
school of nursing with its own Dean, faculty, budget, and degree
meeting the standards of the university and on a parity with the
other schools and colleges of the University rather than organized
under another department or school or encompassing a diploma in
nursing. Annie Warburton Goodrich was appointed the first Dean of
YSN and was the first woman Dean at Yale University.
In 1934, bachelor's degrees were required for admission and Yale
Corporation authorized the Master of Nursing degree. This program,
allowing students with no prior background in nursing graduate
entry, would continue until 1956 when the Master of Science in
Nursing (MSN) program began. The MSN required students to have a
prior background in nursing in order to gain entry into the
program. The Nurse Practitioner track within the MSN degree was
established in 1971 with the offering of the Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner specialty. This was expanded in 1972, when the Family
Nurse Practitioner specialty began. By 1975 YSN offered 10
specialty programs and tracks, and was at the vanguard of the
education of nurse practitioners at the graduate level along with
clinical nurse specialists and nurse-midwives. In 1974, YSN
reopened admission for students with no prior background in nursing
through its Three-Year Program for Non-Nurse College Graduates
(later called the GEPN program).
Deans
- Annie W. Goodrich (1923-1934)
- Effie Jane Taylor (1934-1944)
- Elizabeth Seelye Bixler Torrey (1944-1959)
- Florence Schorske Wald
(1959-1966)
- Margaret Gene Arnstein (1967-1972)
- Donna Kaye Diers (1972-1984)
- Judith Belliveau Krauss (1985-1998)
- Catherine Gilliss (1998- 2004)
- Margaret Grey (2005-present)
Notable Faculty
References
- About
Yale Nursing
- History of the Yale School of Nursing
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