The UCSF School of Nursing is the nursing school of

University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It con ...

, and is located in San Francisco, California. It consistently ranks among the top nursing schools in the United States by

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funding. It is recognized as one of the premier graduate nursing schools in the United States.

History

Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, more than 40,000 people were relocated to a makeshift tent city in Golden Gate Park and were treated by the faculty of the Affiliated Colleges (now called

UCSF The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It con ...

). This brought the school, which until then was located on the western outskirts of the city, in contact with significant population and fueled the commitment of the school towards civic responsibility and health care, increasing the momentum towards the construction of health facilities. In April 1907 one of the buildings was renovated for outpatient care with 75 beds. This created the need to train nursing students, and in 1907, the UC Training School for Nurses was established as the fourth Affiliated College of the

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Medical Department, joining the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.

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* University of California, San Francisco Nursing schools in California Educational institutions established in 1907 1907 establishments in California {{California-university-stub