JUNE 20-21, 2020 – WEEKEND EDITION BELLEVUE/HUNTER/BROOKDALE SCHOOL OF NURSING
THIS IS THE 84th ISSUE OF
FROM THE ARCHIVES
JUNE 20-21, 2020 WEEKEND EDITION
The nation’s first nursing school based on Florence Nightingale’s principles, the Training School for Nurses, opened at Bellevue in 1873. Sister Helen Bowdin of the All Saints Sisterhood in London was the first Superintendent. In 1952, the administration of the Bellevue Schools of Nursing and the Bellevue Hospital Nursing Service was split for the first time with Associate Directors. In 1954, the school moved to the new building that is Hunter-Bellevue’s current location and enrolled in the National Student Nurses’ Association. In 1967, an agreement with Hunter College was reached to transfer the Bellevue facilities to Hunter. In 1969, the final students in the diploma program were graduated.Hunter began educating nurses in 1943 and admitted the first enrollees in the Basic Collegiate Nursing Program leading to a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) degree in 1955 and to the graduate program leading to a Master of Science (Nursing) in 1961. The Hunter College Department of Nursing then expanded and moved to the facilities of the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing in 1969 as the latter program was absorbed by Hunter Department of Nursing.[3] From June 1974 until it became independent again in 2008, Hunter-Bellevue Nursing School was part of the Division of the Schools of the Health Professions of Hunter College.(Wikipedia)
When researching this article I could not locate information on Alfred Hopkins Architects. Luckily, I located a NY Times article about the opening of the bailing in 1956. The architects were La Pierre, Litchfield and Partners a firm that succeeded Hopkins Architects. The Times describes the building as costing $14,000,000 and was built to attract more persons to the nursing field. The main 13 story building features 517 dormitory rooms. recreational facilities including 2 gyms, pool, tennis courts, shuffleboard and permanent bleachers. in one wing. The east wing has facilities for 200 male students. A large circular dining room overlooks the East River. There are ultra-modern amphi-theaters for teaching. The school was founded in 1873 as the Mills School for Male Nurses, Now both schools are combined for academic works. Bellevue merged the school with Hunter College in 1966 and the campus is now known as Brookdale. The architecture and design of this campus are a combination of mid-century modern with some art deco. It’s worth a trip to far East 26th Street. Unfortunately, Hunter would like to demolish this wonderful building for a Sanitation Garage and relocate the school to East 74th Street.
Above: Student mailboxes and library
Swimming pool which is shared with community.
One of two gyms.
Auditorium tans seats over 400 persons with round lighting patterns.
A marble staircase leading to lower level, something to steep and dangerous to build today, but looks great
Dining room for hundreds overlooking FDR Drive
Dining Room is spectacular though it lost its view to Waterside Apartments.
The School Today
The Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing is located at Hunter College’s Brookdale Health Science Center at 425 East 25th Street in Manhattan, near Bellevue Hospital. The School’s programs combine liberal and professional education with a humanistic and comprehensive approach to health care. The School’s mission is to provide quality nursing education to promote health and provide care to culturally diverse, urban, and global communities through research, scholarship, and service. The School’s programs combine liberal and professional education with a humanistic and comprehensive approach to health care. The School offers accredited programs leading to the Master of Science (MS) and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees. The School also offers a post-Master’s advanced certificate program. Graduates meet the educational requirements for national board certification in their specialties. In addition, a PhD program in Nursing is offered by the City University of New York Graduate Center in conjunction with Hunter College, Lehman College, and The College of Staten Island.
WEEKEND PHOTO
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Winner gets a trinket from kiosk.
FRIDAY IMAGE OF THE DAY
North Wing of Metropolitan Hospital
EDITORIAL
This is an important week.
Time to early vote for the primary election. Some news:
The only party having a Primary are the DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Our Primary EARLY VOTING SITE IS AT 440 EAST 26 STREET
FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDAY.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
REGULAR VOTING IS TUESDAY, JUNE 23
AT P.S./I.S. 217 6 A.M. TO 9 P.M.
Judith Berdy
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Text by Judith Berdy
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Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
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