Nursing Diploma Programs in North Carolina
The traditional nurse's education was a diploma-styled hospital-based program, which prepared student nurses for entry-level nursing positions. The emphasis of hospital-based diploma programs is typically on patient or clinical practice and care. (Description from nursingschool.org.)
Index of North Carolina Nursing Diploma Programs, Both Historical and Ongoing
Abbreviations: HSON = Hospital School of Nursing; AA = African American; W = White. Racial designation is based on time school began operation.
| HSON | City/County | Race | Years of Operation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anson Sanitorium / Elizabeth Finlay SON | Wadesboro Anson | W | 1923 - after WWII |
| Aston Park Hospital | Asheville Buncombe | W | |
| Billingsly Memorial | Statesville Iredell | W | 1901-1934 and 1937-? |
| Blue Ridge | Asheville Buncombe | AA | 1922-1928 |
| Broughton Hospital | Morganton Burke | W | 1895-1962 |
| Cabarrus | Concord Cabarrus | W | 1942-Present (Now a 4-year program) |
| Carolina General Hospital | Sanford Lee | 1909- | |
| Charlotte Memorial | Charlotte Mecklenburg | W | 1938-Present (Now Carolina's College of Health Sciences) |
| Charlotte Sanitorium | Charlotte Mecklenburg | W | |
| City Memorial Hospital | Winston Salem Forsyth | W | 1901 (as Twin City Hospital) - 1964 |
| Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital | Biltmore Village Buncombe | W | 1901-1951 |
| Clinic Hospital | Greensboro Guilford | ||
| Community Hospital | Wilminton New Hanover | AA | 1922-1966 |
| Davis HSON | Statesville Iredell | W | 1920-1984 |
| Dorothea Dix HSON | Raleigh Wake | W | 1902-1949 |
| Duke University HSON | Durham Durham | W | 1931-1953 (Now a 4-year BSN program) |
| Edgecombe General Hospital | Tarboro Edgecombe | W | |
| Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital | Monroe Union | AA? | |
| Gaston Memorial | Gastonia Gaston | W | 1947-1973 |
| Good Samaritan | Charlotte Mecklenburg | AA | 1902-1960 |
| Grace HSON | Banner Elk Avery | W | 1924-1952 |
| Guilford General Hospital | High Point Guilford | ||
| Hamlet HSON | Hamlet Richmond | W | 1910-1981 |
| High Point Memorial | High Point Guilford | W | 1908-1978 |
| Highsmith | Fayetteville Cumberland | W | 1899-1970 |
| James Walker Memorial | Wilmington New Hanover | W | 1901-1966 |
| Jubilee Hospital and SON | Henderson Vance | AA | 1911-1970 |
| Kate B. Reynolds HSON | Winston-Salem Forsyth | AA | 1938-1971 |
| L. Richardson HSON | Greensboro Guilford | AA | 1927-1953 |
| Lincoln Hospital | Durham Durham | AA | 1902-1971 |
| Lowrance Hospital | Mooresville Iredell | W | |
| Martin Memorial | Mt Airy Surrey | W | |
| Mary Elizabeth Hospital | Raleigh Wake | W | 1914-1950 |
| McCauley Private Hospital | Raleigh Wake | AA | |
| Memorial General / Lenoir McDaniel's | Kinston Lenoir | W | 1925-? |
| Mission Memorial | Asheville Buncombe | W | 1895-1971 |
| Mercy HSON | Charlotte Mecklenburg | W | 1906-Present |
| Merriweather HSON | Asheville Buncombe | W | |
| Mountain Sanitarium | Fletcher Henderson | W | 1929-1984 |
| NC Baptist HSON | Winston-Salem Forsyth | W | 1923-1974 |
| NC Sanitarium | Sanitarium Hoke | W | 1926-1953 |
| Negro Division State Sanitarium | Sanitarium Hoke | AA | 1926-1953 |
| Park View HSON | Rocky Mount Nash | W | 1914-1971 |
| Pittman Hospital | Fayetteville Cumberland | ||
| Presbyterian Hospital | Charlotte Mecklenburg | W | 1903-Present (Now 4-year BSN at Queens University) |
| Rex HSON | Raleigh Wake | W | 1894-1967 |
| Richard Baker Hospital | Hickory Catawba | ||
| Roanoke Rapids | Roanoke Rapids Halifax | W | |
| Robeson County Memorial | Lumberton Robeson | W | 1906- |
| Rocky Mount Sanitarium | Rocky Mount Nash | W | 1922-1950 |
| Rowan Memorial Hospital | Salisbury Rowan | W | |
| Rutherford HSON | Rutherfordton Rutherford | W | 1907-1964 |
| Salisbury Hospital | Salisbury Rowan | W | |
| Shelby Hospital | Shelby Cleveland | W | |
| St. Agnes | Raleigh Wake | AA | 1896-1959 |
| St. Leo's | Greensboro Guilford | W | 1906-1953 |
| St. Peter's | Charlotte Mecklenburg | W | 1899-1970 |
| Tayloe | Washington Beaufort | W | |
| Watts HSON | Durham Durham | W | 1895-Present |
| Wesley Long Hospital | Greensboro Guilford | W | |
| Whitehead Stokes Private Sanitarium | Salisbury Rowan | W | |
| Wilson HSON | Wilson Wilson | W | |
| Wilson Sanitarium | Wilson Wilson | W | 1902-1933 |
| Woodard Herring HSON | Wilson Wilson | W |