Columbia University School of Nursing

The School of Nursing is the graduate school of nursing at Columbia University in New York City. It stands as one of the oldest nursing schools in the nation.

The School of Nursing was founded in 1892 with Anna C. Maxwell serving as its first director. In 1956, the school became the first in the country to award a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty. At Columbia University, the emphasis on clinical scholarship is appropriate due to collaboration of the School of Nursing with other professional schools in the environment. The School of Nursing shares the Health Sciences Campus with the School of Public Health, the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. With such collaboration, richness and diversity is added to the educational experience of students at the School of Nursing. The school has built a tradition of clinical excellence by having clinical partnerships at over 200 clinical practice sites throughout New York City. The School of Nursing also has affiliations with three major medical centers: New York-Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, and St. Luke's-Roosevelt.

The school offers a combined MDE/DNP and nine master's specialities. A Ph.D. degree is also offered as well as the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.), which was developed by the faculty of the school in 2004. The additional competencies embodied in this degree were based on the experience and outcomes research of the clinical faculty. It is the first 'advanced advanced' direct patient care involving the comprehensive care of a panel of patients across sites and over time in the whole country.