Rutgers University School of Nursing is the

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Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

, with headquarters in

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and additional campuses at

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, and Blackwood, New Jersey.As one of the nation’s largest, most comprehensive nursing schools, Rutgers School of Nursing is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, evidence-based health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In 1955, the School of Nursing received accreditation by the

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. The School of Nursing became the College of Nursing on March 6, 1956. Ella V. Stonsby was appointed the first dean of the College.

Nursing student activities

* Rutgers Student Nurses’ Association, Chapter of the NJ Nursing Students, Inc. and NJ State Nurses Association * Rutgers Graduate Student Association * Alpha Tau Chapter of Sigma, International Honor Society of Nursing * Graduate Nursing Student Academy at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing * American Association for Men in Nursing * National Association of Hispanic Nurses, New Jersey Chapter * Philippine Nurses Association of New Jersey * Northern New Jersey Black Nurses Association * New Jersey Integrated Black Nurses Association * Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.

References

External links

Official website

Rutgers—Camden Nursing Official website
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