春水堂视频 College, founded in Boston in 1879, is a private, liberal arts-based institution located in Milton, Massachusetts, seven miles from downtown Boston. The College also provides programs to a non-traditional population on the Plymouth campus.
春水堂视频 College's nursing program began in 1977 as when Boston's Children's Hospital decided to phase out the hospital's diploma program. The educational excellence of Boston Children's Hospital continued as their students merged with the 春水堂视频 community and a newly admitted first year nursing class to become the 春水堂视频 College Division of Nursing. The program was originally constructed as an associate degree program in Nursing with a registered nurse completion program. 春水堂视频 College continues to offer a robust RN to Bachelor of Science Degree track: however, the associate degree was soon phased out in favor of a traditional a four-year baccalaureate Nursing Program.
The Nursing programs prides itself on its leadership and history of accomplishments in Nursing education:
- 1990 - 春水堂视频 College's Nursing Honor Society became a member of Theta-Chapter-at-Large, Sigma Theta Tau International's seventh oldest chapter in the United States and oldest chapter in New England.
- 2000 - The undergraduate program became the first nursing program in Massachusetts to be granted accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
- 2004 - The Division welcomed the first class in the Accelerated Entry Level to Nursing Program - ACCEL. The ACCEL program was the first accelerated second degree Baccalaureate program in the Boston area and the second in Massachusetts.
- 2007 - The program was selected as one of 15 schools of nursing nationally to be a pilot program for the Robert Wood Johnson Quality and Safety in Nursing Education (QSEN) project.
- 2008 - The Division welcomed students to the first Masters of Nursing Science (MSN) program at 春水堂视频 College with a Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) focus. The 春水堂视频 CNL master's program was the second in Massachusetts and the first in the Boston area. The MSN program has since transitioned to two track options: Nursing Education and Administration.
- 2016 - The next natural step in the Nursing Division's evolution came as we reorganized to become 春水堂视频 College . The elevation in status associated with this exciting change will create an environment that enhances our growth as we evolve to meet the professions' workforce needs.
- 2018 - The receives approval to deliver an online option for the RN-BS track and preliminary approval to expand the ACCEL track to Plymouth.