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About the Sleeper Center

Mission

Improve the quality of life in our communities by engaging its members in high quality, culturally responsive activities that provide education and promote health and wellness.

Goal

Develop a safe learning environment built on the foundation of nursing education that fosters student instruction, engages faculty in practice, service and scholarship and enhances community engagement for the School of Nursing.

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Ruth Sleeper

The Center is named for Ruth Sleeper – a remarkable woman. She was a pioneer in transforming nursing education from what Mass General Hospital historian Sylvia Perkins called “essentially a by-product of serving the Hospital,” to a solid foundation for the emerging profession. Her visionary plan and determined advocacy for expanded academic preparation paved the way for the current nursing programs at MGH Institute of Health Professions. 

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