Meriden-Wallingford Hospital School of Nursing Records. undated, 1929-1999.

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...

Hermann, Eleanor

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Howard J. Martindale

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David Parker Smith

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Cooke, Roberta

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Meriden Hospital School of Nursing

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Connecticut Student Nurses Association

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Meriden-Wallingford Hospital School of Nursing.

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The Meriden Hospital was chartered in 1885 by the Connecticut General Assembly. The School of Nursing was established in 1892 and consisted of a two year course of study. In 1962, the Nursing Service and the School of Nursing became two separate and distinct entities within the Hospital complex. The first male nursing student was admitted to the newly named Meriden-Wallingford Hospital School of Nursing in 1970. In 1973, the Board of Director regretfully announced the necessity of phasing out th...

George W. Curley, Jr.

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Meriden Hospital

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