Auburn Memorial Hospital

Description

Auburn Memorial Hospital AMH is a notforprofit 99bed acute care facility serving a population of approximately 80000 Our mission is to provide compassionate quality care to our community Over 95 of the physicians on staff are board certified in at least one specialty

AMH is the sole provider of acute and general hospital services in Cayuga County and the surrounding areas located in the Finger Lakes region of Central New York

History

1887 Auburn City Hospital ACH School of Nursing established

1893 Sept 25 First public graduation exercises held Five nurses graduated

1902 Henry A Morgan Aurora made a gift of 14000 to construct Morgan Memorial Home for Nurses

1905 School of Nursing registered with New York State Department of Education ACH becomes 4th school in state to be registered

1908 School registered with New York State Board of Regents

1919 Auburn City Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association formed

1920 The Nurse Practice Act passed to define scope of nursing Annual scholarships for student nurses started

1927 Nurse recruitment began for high school girls Curriculum issued by the National League of Nursing Four most important characteristics of a nurse Integrity concentration perseverance idealism

1938 The Nurse Practice Act signed into law by Governor Defined nursing practice and restricted nurse for hire to those who are licensed either as registered professional nurse or practical nurse Mandatory licensure for nurses becomes the law Nurses at ACH begin affiliation with Biggs Memorial Hospital Ithaca for tuberculosis nursing

1943 The Cadet Nurse Corps was instituted by the Federal Government to offset heavy loss of graduate nurses Ninety percent of ACH students enroll in program

1944 Polio epidemic ACH becomes polio care center for county Addition to the School of Nursing in completed

1948 8 hour work day and wages increased New and improved personnel policies were put into effect Bed capacity grew from 95 to 280 and enrollment of nurses doubled over 25 years 136 cadet nurses trained 52 graduates served in Army or Navy Nurse Corps during WWII

1953 75th anniversary of ACH School of Nursing Hospital officially changed name to Auburn Memorial Hospital

1965 Nurse shortage and expansion of work to be done by nurses brought changes in different kinds of personnel needed Nursing care became more technical

1968 Three male students admitted to AMH School of Nursing

1972 Nursing becomes independent profession in New York State

1973 Official announcement of school closing Registered Nurses become unionized

1976 Last class graduates 31 nurses A total of 1307 nurses educated in 89 years