Becker's Healthcare August 8, 2024
Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, will close a 125-year-old nursing school after the current class of students graduates next May, according to a news release sent to local news outlets.
The hospital’s school of nursing opened in 1899 and graduated 25 students per year on average. Through partnerships with Penn State Shenango and Thiel College, students took nursing courses through the hospital-based diploma nursing program, and college level academic courses at one of the colleges.
“Due to complications from the Steward Health Care Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing, the Sharon Regional Medical Center School of Nursing will not be starting January 2025 classes,” Steward said in an Aug. 7 news release. “The School...