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Records of the Virginia Board of Nursing, [cite specific dates and accession used]. State government records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Accession 32015 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 9/7/1978.
Accession 37954 was transferred by the Dept. of Health Professions on 2/27/2001.
The Board of Examiners of Graduate Nurses was created by an act of Assembly May 1, 1903 to regulate the professional nursing of the sick in Virginia. The Board examined applicants, issued licenses and held the power to revoke licenses. At some point the name of the Board was changed to the Board of Examiners of Nurses. An act of Assembly dated March 17, 1970 created the Board of Nursing and repealed the chapter of the Code authorizing the Board of Examiners of Nurses. The new board has similar responsibilites, also including the accreditation of nursing curricula and promulgation of regulations.
The Dept. of Health Regulatory Boards was created by an act passed by the General Assembly on March 31, 1977, to provide administrative services to the health regulatory boards of the state. The boards continue to regulate their professions through the examination, licensing, and disciplining of the practitioners of health science. In 1986, the Dept. of Health Regulatory Boards became the Dept. of Health Professions. Its mission is to enhance the delivery of safe and competent health care by licensing qualified health care professionals, enforcing standards of practice, and providing information to both practitioners and consumers of health care services.
Records, xxxx-xxxx, include Registers of registered nurses, 1908-1977; Register of certified tuberculosis nurses, 1926-1941.
Licensing fee books include monthly totals for licensure renewals.
Register of certified tuberculosis nurses includes certificate number, date issued, name, and training school.
Registers of registered nurses include certificate number, date issued, name, training school and location, date of graduation, and remarks. Each volume is arranged alphabetically.
Registers of licensed practical nurses include license number, date issued, name, practical nurse school attended and location, and remarks.
Registers of certified nurse practitioners include certificate number, date issued, name, nurse practitioner program and location, date of completion, RN license number, and type (anesthetist, family, adult, pediatric, midwife, other).
Registers include name and grades in the areas of anatomy, bacteriology, chemistry, contagious/infection diseases, dietetics, ethics, hygiene, medical nursing, obstetrical nursing, pediatrics, physiology, practical nursing, surgical nursing and urinalysis.
Includes financial statements and correspondence.
Includes lists of questions on the topics of anatomy, bacteriology, chemistry, contagious/infection diseases, dietetics, ethics, hygiene, medical nursing, obstetrical nursing, pediatrics, physiology, practical nursing, surgical nursing and urinalysis.
Records include minutes, agendas, budgets, correspondence, manuals, publications, questionnaires, reports, and surveys.
Records related to Practical Nursing Programs in Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Records include correspondence, brochures, publications, questionnaires, reports, and program surveys. Includes records related to the establishment of the Practical Nurse Association of Virginia, for both black and white nurses.