School of nursing closure: an example of congruence with Sutton's model of organizational death.

Literature concerning the closing of nursing schools is scarce. When faced with the task of closure, educational administrators are without guides because most nurses have had no experiences in implementing what can be termed "organizational death." The purpose of this article is to describe Sutton's Process Model of Organizational Death and its congruence with the closure of one nursing school. Process model knowledge and application may assist administrators, faculty, and all those connected with a nursing program in positively working through a school closure.