Trinity Health System School of Nursing

The purpose of the Trinity Health System School of Nursing is to prepare a beginning professional nurse. The program assists individuals to achieve curriculum outcomes and demonstrate professional competencies necessary to practice in a variety of health care settings and incorporates the core values of Trinity Health System.

The School was originally founded in 1912 as the Ohio Valley Hospital School of Nursing. Previously known as the Training School for Women Nurses, the school graduated its first class of three nurses in 1915. Since that time over 2000 nurses have been awarded the distinctive pin of the Ohio Valley Hospital/Trinity Health System School of Nursing. Since it's inception, the School has maintained a distinguished record of achievement in education and in meeting the healthcare needs of the community.

Trinity Health System School of Nursing is a hospital based Diploma School of Nursing offering a 24 month nursing focused curriculum. Concepts from the behavioral and biological science courses that are taken prior to entry into the program provide the knowledge base for the achievement of Trinity Health System School of Nursing's curriculum outcomes.

The School is affiliated with two modern progressive medical centers; Trinity Medical Center East and Trinity Medical Center West, that provide student clinical learning experiences in both out-patient and in-patient acute/medical surgical care, extended-care, rehabilitative care, and health clinic settings.

The purpose of the Trinity Health System School of Nursing is to prepare a beginning professional nurse. The program assists individuals to achieve curriculum outcomes and demonstrate professional competencies necessary to practice in a variety of health care settings and incorporates the core values of Trinity Health System. Th...