北京中医药大学护理学院前身护理系，始建于1984年，是全国高等中医药院校设置的第一个高级护理专业。中国工程院院士王永炎教授为护理系第一任主任。1985年护理学院正式招收专科学生，2000年起招收本科学生，2004年正式招收中医护理学硕士。2001年7月护理学院从校本部迁址至位于望京中环南路的东校区。经过多年的建设，护理学院形成了专科（高职专科)、本科、硕士多层次的护理教育体系，目前有在校生700名。20年来，护理学院共为国家培养了700多名具有现代护理和中医护理两套基本理论、基本知识和基本技能的高级护理人才。历届毕业生一次分配就业率达95%以上。
护理学院现有教职工26人，其中专任教师19人，教辅2人，管理人员5人。专任教师中博士2人，硕士9人，本科8人，硕士以上学历占58％。
护理学院一贯重视教学科研和学科建设，学院先后承担了北京市、校级科研课题17项。主编各类教材21部。在国家一级刊物上发表论文46篇。
为了使中医护理走向世界，培养具有中国文化底蕴，了解国际护理理念、护理基本功扎实的国际化护理人才，护理学院通过教学改革，在课程设置和教学方法等方面进行了改革与实践，开展了护理专业课的双语教学，加强了学生护理实践能力的培养；并积极思考中医院校护理对外交流方向教育层次的目标和定位，探索与国外合作办学的渠道。
办学层次
护理学院目前设有高职专科、本科、硕士三个办学层次，中西医结合护理和涉外护理两个专业方向。
本科：培养系统掌握现代护理理论与技能，并掌握中医特色护理理论与方法，富有独立思考和创新意识，基础扎实，实践能力强，能从事临床护理工作，具有护理教学、护理科研、护理管理潜力，能适应社会发展与科学进步的德、智、体、美全面发展的高级护理专门人才。
高职：培养适应我国社会主义现代化建设和医疗卫生事业发展需要，掌握护理学的基本理论、基本知识；熟练掌握临床护理技能；能运用护理程序为服务对象实施整体护理；能解决护理实践中的实际问题，毕业后从事临床护理工作的德、智、体、美全面发展的应用性护理人才。
研究生：培养具有严谨的科学作风，较强的实践能力和创新精神，人际沟通、评判性思维和自我发展的能力，掌握宽厚坚实的基础理论和系统的专门知识，具有从事中医护理研究工作的能力，能运用中医护理和现代护理理论和技能，对护理对象进行身心整体护理，具有护理教学的能力，具有社区健康服务和管理的能力的护理人才。
Formerly known as Chinese Nursing Department, the School of Traditional Chinese Nursing was founded in 1984, and offered the first advanced nursing program among colleges and universities of Chinese Medicine. Prof. Wang Yongyan, an academician of China Academy of Engineering used to be the first director of the department. Three-year vocational training program formally began from 1985. Four-year undergraduate program started in 2000. Master-degree program of traditional Chinese nursing started in 2003. After years of development, the School of Traditional Chinese Nursing has formed a multi-level system of vocational training, bachelor degree and master degree education. There are 700 nursing students on campus. More than 700 students with both Western and Chinese nursing theories and skills have graduated from the school in recent 20 years. Job-obtaining rate of all nursing graduates averages 95%. In July 2001 the school moved from the headquarter campus to the eastern campus of the university.
The School of Traditional Chinese Nursing attaches great importance to teaching activities, scientific research and subject strengthening. It has assumed responsibility of 17 research programs at either Beijing municipality or the university level. 21 textbooks of different kinds have been published with chief-editors in the school. 46 research papers have been published in first-class national publications.
To promote traditional Chinese nursing all over the world, and train internationalized nursing professionals with profound Chinese cultural background, basic international nursing concepts and solid nursing techniques, the school has conducted educational reform in aspects of teaching methods and curriculum setup. Bilingual teaching mode is adopted in nursing specialty courses. Students’ ability in nursing practice is emphasized. The school is now doing careful work to study objectives and orientation of external-oriented nursing program in higher learning institutions of Chinese medicine, and explore how to cooperate with overseas colleges and universities.
