Barnes Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing

At Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, our students, faculty and staff are part of an environment that values and practices excellence in nursing education.

We educate future nurses who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. And nowhere is a better environment to transform that passion than here, where we enjoy partnerships with several of the nation’s leaders in health care, possess the most advanced resources for learning, and have faculty and staff dedicated to mentoring students to achieve their fullest potential.

We prepare exceptional nurse leaders in an academic learner-centered environment. To become a premiere College, in partnership with BJC HealthCare and other valued academic partners, by offering a robust interprofessional curricular portfolio that develops a health care workforce equipped with needed and expanding competencies.

The College community is governed by what ought to be rather than by what is. Each member is responsible for repudiating all forms of academic and intellectual dishonesty, treating each other with respect and dignity and acting with concern for the safety and well-being of all.

Inquiry, discourse and dissent within the ordered academic environment are key elements within the College. The Barnes-Jewish College community is supportive of democratic and lawful procedures, is dedicated to the use of problem-solving approaches, is open to change and is committed to the institution’s historical values and traditions.

At Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, we’re preparing tomorrow’s nurses and elevating today’s nurses to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients all over the world. We offer a nursing curriculum with real-world relevance, world-class facilities, nationally recognized faculty and affiliations with top medical institutions.

We are proud that you are interested in joining other talented and caring individuals at Barnes-Jewish College to achieve the education you need to be a success in today's progressive healthcare industry. To that end, we want to assist you as much as possible in reaching your goals.

We believe cultivating research is essential to enhancing the science of nursing. Our faculty experts are leaders in their field proposing new ways of understanding patient care. Our faculty are part of a vital community that encourages the pursuit of new knowledge. With support from the Office of Nursing Research, our researchers benefit from a unique intellectual environment that allows them to make a meaningful difference through their research endeavors.

Our legacy began in 1902 with the founding of Jewish Hospital School of Nursing. Dedicated to the tradition of learning and to the value of health care without discrimination, it was one of the first schools in the nation accredited by the National League of Nursing. By the early 1990s, the school had expanded to a college offering associate, bachelor, and master degrees in nursing and allied health programs.

Barnes Hospital School of Nursing began its own journey in 1955. Founded after Washington University closed its affiliated nursing program, the school eventually lent its name so that its students could earn a four-year bachelor of nursing degree through the Barnes College of Nursing at University of Missouri-St. Louis.

The hospital made a bold decision to invest in the future of health care by transforming our college’s teaching, learning, and research capabilities in nursing. Other educational institutions absorbed our college’s allied health programs as we phased out the associate degree in nursing.

In 2007, after a generous gift by philanthropist Alvin Goldfarb, we began a new era in nursing education as the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College. Our Duncan Campus Site, that is on The Washington University Medical Center campus, formed by our college, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, and St. Louis College of Pharmacy, exposes students to every specialty in health care and benefit from an academic, clinical setting and a Magnet-status hospital.

The college expanded in 2012, opening the West Campus Site on Missouri Baptist Medical Center's campus. The state-of-the-art nursing school in west St. Louis County includes rigorous academic course work and student support services from Goldfarb School of Nursing faculty and staff, and the opportunity to learn from the expertise of Missouri Baptist nurses at the bedside during clinical training.

Today, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College’s bachelor and master degree programs are fully accredited by the highest national authority, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). We are accredited regionally by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). We have approval from the Missouri Coordinator Board for Higher Education (MCBHE).

With our commitment to fostering the best in technology, curriculum, faculty, students, and clinical simulation learning, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College will perpetuate a legacy of helping exceptional people become exceptional nurses.