School of Nursing

A century of excellence ...

Aria Health School of Nursing continues to distinguish itself, building on its roots and history as Frankford Hospital School of Nursing – and poised now to grow across another hundred years of success in providing quality academics and preparation in the field of nursing.  In the fall of 1904, a training school for nurses was established at 4918 Penn Street in Northeast Philadelphia, just a block away from Frankford Hospital, which had been founded in 1903.  Under the direction of Anna C. Garrett, who was also Frankford Hospital’s first superintendent, the Frankford Hospital School of Nursing set forth to provide exceptional training to students interested in pursuing the nursing profession.  A report Ms. Garrett wrote dated 1905 states: “There are now six nurses in the Training School.  In addition to the practical instruction in the wards, dispensaries and operating room, there are weekly lectures on surgical and medical nursing, anatomy and physiology and bandaging.”

The Frankford Hospital School of Nursing developed into a distinguished co-educational institution, and over a century-plus has provided more than 2,500 students with comprehensive learning experiences in professional nursing.  Year after year, Frankford nursing graduates are just as unanimously satisfied with their education as their employers are with their performance.  Now the school moves forward with its parent institution, under the name of Aria Health School of Nursing – continuing to represent excellence in diploma education in the Delaware Valley.

 

 

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