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History links
- Virginia nursing history
- Virginia Nursing History was originally compiled in 2001 by the Joint History Committee of the Virginia Nurses' Association and the Virginia League for Nursing. The site is part of the Virginia Nursing Archives at Virginia Commonwealth University's Tompkins-McCaw Library, and is maintained by Special Collections and Archives.
- VCU nursing history
- In the late 1980s, nursing alumni, faculty, and students began planning for the one hundredth anniversary observance of the founding of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing. The school traces its rich heritage back to the organization of the Virginia Hospital Training School for Nurses which opened in 1893. Betsy A. Bampton (MCV Class of 1960) undertook the writing of a school history published as the centennial celebration was set to begin. In this abundantly illustrated work, Bampton and her collaborators chronicle the development and growth of the eight diverse schools and programs that formed the foundation of the VCU School of Nursing. The stories unveiled in A Proud Heritage are integral to a full understanding of the VCU School of Nursing today.
