The Rochester General (then City) Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1880, the 12th training school for nurses in the country and 3rd in New York. From 4 members of the class of 1883 to 48 in the class of 1929, the school saw steady growth. In 1902, training was expanded from 2 years to 3 to include courses in anatomy, physiology, and materia medica. From 1880 to 1920s, the school supplied all the nurses for the Hospital. In 1911, the school's name was changed when Rochester City became Rochester General Hospital.
The school closed in 1964 in anticipation of the Hospital moving from its west side location to a new campus in the northwest quadrant of the city. It was deemed economically unsound to move the nursing school, with the national pressures for moving nursing schools to colleges from hospitals. The school closed in 1964 with the graduation of the last class.
From the description of Records, 1880-1965. (Rochester Regional Library Council). WorldCat record id: 37265048
