The William F. Connell School of Nursing, also known by the abbreviation CSON, is a graduate and undergraduate nursing school and one of the professional schools of Boston College.p>
History
The School of Nursing opened on January 27, 1947. At that time, Boston College was a men's college and the nursing program was the first full-time undergraduate program to open to women. The master's program was established in 1958. The school reached a milestone when Ph.D. program was set up in 1988, becoming the first Jesuit university to offer a doctorate in nursing. In 2003, the School of Nursing was named after Boston College alumnus and businessman William F. Connell, whose daughter had graduated from the nursing program.
Clinical partners
Clinical teaching takes place in more than 85 health care facilities in the metropolitan Boston area. Some of these include:
- Arbour Hospital
- Bedford Veteran's Administration Hospital
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Boston Medical Center
- Boston Public Health Commission
- Boston Public Schools
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Cambridge Health Alliance
- Children's Hospital
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
- Lahey Clinic
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- McLean Hospital
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital
- Partners Home Care, Inc.
- Pine Street Inn
- Shriner's Burn Institute
- Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
- Tufts Medical Center
- UMass Memorial Medical Center
- VA Boston Healthcare System
See also
- List of nursing schools in the United States
References
External links
- Official website
