Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
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The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHUSON) is part of the Johns Hopkins University
located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
. Established in 1889, it is one of the nation’s oldest and pre-eminent schools for nursing education ranking first in the nation; it is also among the top recipients of research funding in nursing from the National Institutes of Health
. The school's mission is to provide leadership to improve health care
and advance the nursing
profession through education, research, practice, and service.
' desire for a training school for female nurses was formally stated in a posthumous 1873 instruction letter to the board of trustees of the Johns Hopkins Institutions. The School of Nursing in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Hospital
was eventually founded in 1889 after in depth consultation with Florence Nightingale
on its planning, organization, structure and curriculum.
together with the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Medicine
. Known collectively as the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Campus, it comprises several city blocks, radiating outwards from the Billings building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
with its historic dome.
Program, the school offers graduate and certificate programs in the following areas:
The school has three research centers (Center for Nursing Research and Sponsored Projects, Center for Collaborative Intervention Research and the Center on Health Disparities Research) and also offers Interdisciplinary Fellowship research on violence
, pain
, and health
disparities in underserved populations, as well as research focused on cardiovascular health prevention
and risk reduction
, care at end of life
, community-based health promotion
, health disparities, interpersonal violence, maternal-child health, psychoneuroimmunology
, and symptom
management areas. The school is also home to the country’s first and only Peace Corps
Fellows Program in nursing. The school offers a special program for Arts and Science College students to transfer after two years.
. The school ranks #2 in Community Health and #7 in Nursing Service Administration. The school ranks #6 among nursing schools for National Institutes of Health
(NIH) funding, receiving approximately $7 million per year. Nearly 95% of the school's baccalaureate graduates pass the NCLEX
on their first try. Amongst the faculty, over one-third are ranked as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
.
The school has 4 clinics in Baltimore (Lillian Wald Community Health Nursing Center, Clinic at House of Ruth Shelter for Abused Women, Clinic at St. Bernardine's School and the Clinic at Hillside Park Apartments) that reach out to unrepresented communities giving over 12,000 volunteer hours annually and conducting 40 different community-based service programs.
The School of Nursing is associated with nursing practice at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
which was ranked as the top hospital in the United States by the U.S. News and World Report annual ranking of American hospitals.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Established in 1889, it is one of the nation’s oldest and pre-eminent schools for nursing education ranking first in the nation; it is also among the top recipients of research funding in nursing from the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
. The school's mission is to provide leadership to improve health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
and advance the nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
profession through education, research, practice, and service.
Origins
The founder Johns HopkinsJohns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins was a wealthy American entrepreneur, philanthropist and abolitionist of 19th-century Baltimore, Maryland, now most noted for his philanthropic creation of the institutions that bear his name, namely the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and the Johns Hopkins University and its associated...
' desire for a training school for female nurses was formally stated in a posthumous 1873 instruction letter to the board of trustees of the Johns Hopkins Institutions. The School of Nursing in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
was eventually founded in 1889 after in depth consultation with Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale OM, RRC was a celebrated English nurse, writer and statistician. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers. She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" after her habit of making rounds at night...
on its planning, organization, structure and curriculum.
Location
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is located in the East Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
together with the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is the academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins has consistently been the nation's number one medical school in the amount of competitive research grants awarded by the National...
. Known collectively as the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Campus, it comprises several city blocks, radiating outwards from the Billings building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
with its historic dome.
Programs
In addition to offering a 2-year+13½ month accelerated BaccalaureateBachelor of Science in Nursing
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is an American four year academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by a tertiary education university or similarly accredited school...
Program, the school offers graduate and certificate programs in the following areas:
- AdultAdultAn adult is a human being or living organism that is of relatively mature age, typically associated with sexual maturity and the attainment of reproductive age....
acuteAcute careAcute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery...
/critical careCritical careCritical care may refer to:* Critical care medicine or intensive-care medicine, a branch of medicine concerned with life support for critically ill patients* "Critical Care" , an episode of the TV series...
(MSNMaster of Science in NursingA Master of Science in Nursing is an advanced-level postgraduate degree for registered nurses and is considered an entry-level degree for nurse educators and managers. The degree also may prepare a nurse to seek a career as a nurse administrator, health policy expert, or clinical nurse leader...
, Certificate) - Adult and/or pediatric primary carePrimary carePrimary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
(MSN, Certificate) - Clinical nurse specialistClinical nurse specialistA clinical nurse specialist is an advanced practice registered nurse, with graduate preparation from a program that prepares CNSs. According to the APRN Consensus Model for Regulation "The CNS serves a unique APRN role in integrating care across the continuum and through three spheres of...
(MSN) - Emergency preparedness/disaster responseDisaster responseDisaster response is a phase of the disaster management cycle. Its preceding cycles aim to reduce the need for a disaster response, or to avoid it altogether.The level of disaster response depends on a number of factors and particular situation awareness...
(Certificate) - FamilyFamilyIn human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
primary carePrimary carePrimary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
(MSN, Certificate) - Health systems managementHealth systems managementHealth systems management or health care systems management describes the leadership and general management of hospitals, hospital networks, and/or health care systems. In international use, the term refers to management at all levels. In the United States, management of a single institution...
(MSN) - NursingNursingNursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
(MSN, DNP, PhDPHDPHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
, Certificate) - Public healthPublic healthPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
nursing (MSN) - Women's healthWomen's healthWomen's health refers to health issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to, or most notable in, females. Women's health issues include menstruation, contraception, maternal health,...
(Certificate).
The school has three research centers (Center for Nursing Research and Sponsored Projects, Center for Collaborative Intervention Research and the Center on Health Disparities Research) and also offers Interdisciplinary Fellowship research on violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
, pain
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant sensation often caused by intense or damaging stimuli such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone."...
, and health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
disparities in underserved populations, as well as research focused on cardiovascular health prevention
Preventive medicine
Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...
and risk reduction
Risk reduction
Risk reduction may refer to:* Absolute risk reduction or Relative risk reduction, statistical descriptors of an intervention.* Risk management* Safety Integrity Level* Hedge...
, care at end of life
End-of-life (medical treatment)
In medicine, end-of-life care refers to medical care not only of patients in the final hours or days of their lives, but more broadly, medical care of all those with a terminal illness or terminal condition that has become advanced, progressive and incurable....
, community-based health promotion
Health promotion
Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
, health disparities, interpersonal violence, maternal-child health, psychoneuroimmunology
Psychoneuroimmunology
Psychoneuroimmunology is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body...
, and symptom
Symptom
A symptom is a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, indicating the presence of disease or abnormality...
management areas. The school is also home to the country’s first and only Peace Corps
Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...
Fellows Program in nursing. The school offers a special program for Arts and Science College students to transfer after two years.
Reputation and Ranking
Overall, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing ranks #1 nationally among peer institutions according to the U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
. The school ranks #2 in Community Health and #7 in Nursing Service Administration. The school ranks #6 among nursing schools for National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
(NIH) funding, receiving approximately $7 million per year. Nearly 95% of the school's baccalaureate graduates pass the NCLEX
NCLEX
NCLEX is an examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States. There are two types, the NCLEX-RN and the NCLEX-PN....
on their first try. Amongst the faculty, over one-third are ranked as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
American Academy of Nursing
The American Academy of Nursing generates, synthesizes, and disseminates nursing knowledge to contribute to health policy and practice for the benefit of the public and the nursing profession....
.
The school has 4 clinics in Baltimore (Lillian Wald Community Health Nursing Center, Clinic at House of Ruth Shelter for Abused Women, Clinic at St. Bernardine's School and the Clinic at Hillside Park Apartments) that reach out to unrepresented communities giving over 12,000 volunteer hours annually and conducting 40 different community-based service programs.
The School of Nursing is associated with nursing practice at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
which was ranked as the top hospital in the United States by the U.S. News and World Report annual ranking of American hospitals.
Distinguished Alumni in Nursing History
- Mary Adelaide NuttingMary Adelaide NuttingMary Adelaide Nutting was an American educator, administrator, and author in the field of nursing.- Education :Mary Adelaide Nutting graduated from the first class of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1891....
(World's first professor of nursing) - Isabel Hampton RobbIsabel Hampton RobbIsabel Adams Hampton Robb was one of the founders of modern American nursing theory and one of the most important leaders in the history of nursing.She graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1883...
(Founder of modern American nursing theoryNursing theoryNursing theory is the term given to the body of knowledge that is used to define or explain various aspects of the profession of nursing.-Grand nursing theories:...
and one of the most important leaders in the history of nursing, first Dean of the School) - Elizabeth Lawrie SmellieElizabeth Lawrie SmellieElizabeth Lawrie Smellie RRC was a Canadian nurse, and the first woman to be promoted to the rank of colonel in the Canadian army....
(First woman Colonel of the Canadian army and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Army Medical Corps) - Ernestine WiedenbachErnestine WiedenbachErnestine Wiedenbach was a nursing theorist.Her family moved to New York in 1909. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1922, an R.N. from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1925, an M.A...
(Major nursing theorist in maternityMaternityMaternity or motherhood is the social and legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a mother and her child.It is specially related with the protection of the baby and the mother within and after the childbirth.-See also:...
and clinicClinicA clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
al nursing)