Lewenson Sandra B
College of Health Professions, Lienhard School of Nursing. Pace University, New York, NY 10017, USA.
Nurs Hist Rev. 2013;21:14-32. doi: 10.1891/1062-8061.21.14.
During the mid-20th century, nursing leaders advocated moving nursing education out of hospital-based programs and into colleges and universities for the purpose of preparing nurses to meet the demands of increasingly complex health care situations. Nursing leaders in New York City's municipal hospitals recognized the value of this change and sought to increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses to fill the many vacancies within city hospitals. This article examines the political support New York gave to the expansion of Hunter College's baccalaureate program in nursing (a college within the City University of New York system) while closing the almost 100-year-old Bellevue and Mills Schools of Nursing diploma program. The efforts to change nursing at Bellevue started in the 1940s, but the transfer to Hunter College was not realized until 1967. Although the decision to close the diploma school met resistance among various stakeholders, the expansion ultimately succeeded. It was supported by the New York City Department of Hospitals and received approval from the Board of Estimates and Board of Higher Education. Both Bellevue and Hunter's leadership was ready to make this change and participated in this transformation.
在20世纪中叶，护理领域的领导者主张将护理教育从基于医院的项目转移到学院和大学，目的是培养护士以满足日益复杂的医疗保健形势的需求。纽约市立医院的护理领导者认识到这一变革的价值，并试图增加拥有学士学位的护士数量，以填补城市医院内众多的空缺职位。本文探讨了纽约在关闭拥有近百年历史的贝尔维尤和米尔斯护理文凭项目的同时，对亨特学院（纽约城市大学系统内的一所学院）护理学士学位项目扩张所给予的政治支持。在贝尔维尤改变护理教育的努力始于20世纪40年代，但直到1967年才实现向亨特学院的转移。尽管关闭文凭学校的决定遭到了各利益相关方的抵制，但扩张最终还是成功了。它得到了纽约市医院管理局的支持，并获得了估计委员会和高等教育委员会的批准。贝尔维尤和亨特学院的领导层都准备好进行这一变革，并参与了这一转型过程。
