[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9690-S9691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO THE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I am pleased to have the opportunity today 
to pay tribute to the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing, which 
is marking its 100th year of service to Cincinnati, OH, and northern 
Kentucky.
  Good Samaritan, the sixth nursing education program established in 
Ohio, was founded by the Sisters of Charity and has graduated nearly 
5,000 nurses over the past century. These nurses have brought skilled 
and compassionate care to hundreds of thousands of patients throughout 
the world.
  Consistently a leader in nursing education, in 1906 Good Samaritan 
Hospital School of Nursing was among the first in the United States to 
earn accreditation. Its leadership status was again affirmed in 1927 
when it affiliated with a baccalaureate degree program at the College 
of Mount St. Joseph; in 1952 when it created a third-year internship; 
in 1972 when it tailored a nationally recognized registered nurse 
program to further the skills of licensed practical nurses; and in 1981 
when it introduced its diploma program for part-time students.
  Good Samaritan has also been a good neighbor. More than 30 years ago, 
realizing the existence of a medically underserved population in the 
area, it reached out and created its community health nursing course.
  Mr. President, I know I speak for many when I say that a huge debt of

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gratitude is owed to the Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing for 
its century of service. I congratulate the students and the school's 
graduates and leaders as they gather to commemorate the school's first 
100 years of nursing excellence.

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