Taiwan Provincial Taipei Vocational School of Nursing and Midwifery (August 1953–July 1963)
On April 28th, 1953, the School was ordered to change its name to the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Vocational School of Nursing and Midwifery. The School’s seal was handed down to the School in June, and started being used on August 1st.
1. Joint Nursing and Midwifery Training Section (4-year program), (a total of 1,035 graduates)
The program was opened during 1948 and when the School was ordered by the Provincial Government to restructure into a 5-year nursing junior college in 1963, the program was closed and stopped recruiting students.
2. Affiliated nursing specialization program (3-year program), opened in August 1953 and assigned to the Taiwan Provincial Junior College of Nursing in 1954.
In the autumn of 1953, by the order of the Department of Education, the first class of the 3-year nursing specialization program was opened for the first time to recruit high school graduates. Principal Xia also served as a program teacher and classes officially began on October 28th. In 1954, the Taiwan Provincial Junior College of Nursing was formally established and the first class of students were assigned to the School.
3. Midwifery Special Program (1-year program), 1956 to 1965, a total of 192 graduates
In August 1956, the Midwifery Special Program was resumed in response to various needs. Graduates of the vocational school of nursing and college of nursing were recruited for the Program.
On March 16th, 1958, School President Xia passed away due to complications from overwork. The provincial government appointed Ms. Hsu Ai-Zhu, the director of the Nursing Division for the National Health Administration of the Central Health Laboratory, to serve as the School President. When School President Hsu took over, she felt that the original wooden school building built during the Japanese Occupation Era was too worn down and dangerous as it had to be rebuilt. However, during Taiwan’s tough times and government’s financial limitations, plans were still carefully made to carry out renovations. The government began to compile a small budget every year and with the application for subsidies from the United States’ Aid Mission to China, a 5-phase renovation commenced in July 1960.