UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR
NURSES.
This school was established in 1901, and its first class was graduated in
June, 1903. Its aim is to give young women, desirous of acquiring the art
of nursing, the same care and thorough training in their calling which is
now afforded young men studying the science of medicine. Instruction in
the primary branches of medicine is given to pupil nurses by the Medical
Department of the University of Virginia, while the clinical instructors at
the University Hospital give lectures upon their respective courses. Three
years is the required time for graduation, and all candidates must enter prepared
to go through the full course of instruction and hospital training.
Candidates for the school should apply in their own handwriting to the
Superintendent of Nurses, University Hospital, University, Va. These applications
must be accompanied by certificates of good character, good
health, and sufficient education to profit by the instruction offered. No
candidate under twenty-one years of age or over thirty-five will be received.
