The Columbia College of Nursing (previously known as the Knowlton Hospital Training School and Columbia Hospital School of Nursing) is a nursing school

Nursing school

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, now located in Glendale

Glendale, Wisconsin

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, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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, a northern suburb of Milwaukee.

History

The Knowlton Hospital Training School was founded at the same time as Knowlton Hospital itself, in 1901. When Knowlton became Columbia Hospital in 1909, the name was changed to the Columbia Hospital School of Nursing.

The college is an accredited institution and degree granted institution that prepares students to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.