Past and Present Programs of Practical Nursing

The following list identifies the institutions that have offered programs in practical nursing in Virginia since 1946. The Norfolk City Schools and Leigh Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing opened in January of that year with the Richmond City Schools-Medical College of Virginia Hospitals School of Practical Nursing opening later in 1946. The pattern of co-sponsorship between a local school division and a community hospital continued as more schools developed. The largest expansion in the number of practical nursing programs occurred during the 1960s when 35 opened. This growth was the result of increased federal funding for vocational education and the construction of vocational-technical schools across the state. Sponsorship of the majority of the programs shifted to the public schools. In more recent years the expansion of programs has been in the community colleges and in proprietary schools.

Albemarle High School-Martha Jefferson Hospital: see Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center-Martha Jefferson Hospital

Alexandria City Schools-Alexandria Hospital (Alexandria) Program opened in 1969.

Americare (Falls Church) Program opened in 1997.

Arlington County Career Center (Arlington) Program opened in 1964 and closed in 1992.

Arnold R. Burton Vocational Technical Center/Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley (Salem) Program opened in 1963 and closed in 1988; other names were Roanoke County Education Center-Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley.

Bedford County Schools-Bedford County Memorial Hospital (Bedford) Program opened in 1964.

Brunswick-Lunenburg-Mecklenburg County Schools-Community Hospital: see Southside Virginia Community College, J. H. Daniel Campus

Buchanan County Public Schools (Grundy) Program opened in 1966; other name was Buchanan County School-Grundy Memorial Hospital.

Career Development Center: see Medical Careers Institute

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospitals (Roanoke) Program opened in 1957; other names were Roanoke City Schools-Roanoke Memorial Hospitals, Roanoke Memorial Hospitals.

Centra Health (Lynchburg) Program opened in 1989.

Carroll County-Galax High School (Galax) Program opened in 1974.

Carroll-Grayson County (Galax) Program opened in 1968.

Central School (Norfolk) Program opened in 1968; other names were Norfolk Technical Vocational Center.

Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center-Martha Jefferson Hospital (Charlottesville) Program opened in 1968; other names were Albemarle High School-Martha Jefferson Hospital.

Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology (Chesapeake) Program opened in 1968; other names were Chesapeake City Schools, Chesapeake Technical Center, Chesapeake City Schools-General Hospital of Virginia Beach School of Practical Nursing.

Chesapeake City Schools: see Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology

Chesapeake City Schools- General Hospital of Virginia Beach School of practical Nursing: see Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology

Chesapeake Technical Center: see Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology

Chesterfield County Public Schools (Chester) Program opened in 1979.

Clarke-Frederick-Warren County- Winchester City Schools-Winchester Memorial Hospital: see Dowell J. Howard School

Clinical Specialist Course (Fort Belvior) Program for army personnel only; opened in 1964 and closed in 1974.

Commonwealth Technical Institute (Virginia Beach) Program opened in 1995.

Computer Dynamics Institute (Virginia Beach) Program opened in 1992.

Culpeper County School: see George Washington Carver-Piedmont Technical Education Center

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College (Clifton Forge) Program opened in 1997.

Danville City Schools-Memorial Hospital: see Danville Community College

Danville Community College (Danville) Program opened in 1953; other names were Danville City Schools-Memorial Hospital; Danville Technical Institute-Memorial Hospital, Danville Technical Institute Memorial Hospital.

Danville Technical Institute-Memorial Hospital: see Danville Community College

Dowell J. Howard School (Winchester) Program opened in 1963 and closed in 1996; other names were Clarke-Frederick-Warren County- Winchester City Schools- Winchester Memorial Hospital.

Fairfax County Schools-Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church) Programs opened in 1960.

Fredericksburg Area School (Fredericksburg) Program opened in 1956; other names were Fredericksburg Area Public Schools-Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg-Stafford County Schools- Mary Washington Hospital.

Fredericksburg-Stafford County Schools-Mary Washington Hospital: see Fredericksburg Area School

George Washington Carver-Piedmont Technical Education Center (Culpeper) Program opened in 1959; other names were Culpeper County School; Piedmont Vocational School.

Giles County Technology Center (Pearisburg) Program opened in 1968; other names were Giles County Vocational School.

Grayson County Vocational School: see Independence Vocational Technical High School

Greensville County Public Schools- Memorial Hospital (Emporia) Program opened in 1956.

Halifax School (South Boston) Program opened in 1958; other names were Halifax County High School-Halifax Community Hospital.

Hampton City Schools-Dixie Hospital: see New Horizons Regional Educational Center

Henrico County Public Schools- St. Mary’s Hospital (Richmond) Program opened in 1966.

Henry County Public Schools-Memorial Hospital (Martinsville) Program opened in 1964; other names were Martinsville-Henry County Schools- Martinsville General Hospital.

Independence Vocational Technical High School (Independence) Program opened in 1969; other name was Grayson County Vocational School.

Jackson P. Burley High School-University of Virginia Hospital: see University of Virginia Hospital

Lafayette School (Williamsburg) Program opened in 1975.

Lee County Vocational-Technical School (Ben Hur) Program opened in 1969.

Lord Fairfax Community College (Winchester) Program opened in 1995.

Loudoun County Public Schools (Leesburg) Program opened in 1974.

Lucy Addison High School-Burrell Memorial Hospital: see Roanoke City Schools

Lynchburg General-Marshall Lodge Hospitals (Lynchburg) Program opened in 1964 and closed in 1986; other name was Lynchburg General Hospital.

Martinsville-Henry County Schools-Martinsville General Hospital: see Henry County Public Schools-Memorial Hospital

Massanutten Vocational Technical Center (Harrisonburg) Program opened in 1972.

Medical Careers Institute (Newport News) Program opened in 1983; other name was Career Development Center.

Medical College of Virginia [for employees only] (Richmond) Program opened in 1973 and closed in 1985.

MedTech Health Care Training (Alexandria) Program opened in 1995.

New Careers: see Office of Human Affairs

New Horizons Regional Education Center (Hampton) Program opened in 1952; other names include Vocational-Technical Center-Dixie Hospital, Hampton City Schools-Dixie Hospital, Peninsula School, New Horizons Technical Center-Peninsula School.

New Horizons Technical Center-Peninsula School: see New Horizons Regional Education Center

Newport News Public Schools-Riverside Regional Medical Center (Newport News) Program opened in 1961; other names were Newport News Public Schools-Riverside Hospital.

New River Community College (Dublin) Program opened in 1960; other names were New River Vocational Technical School-Pulaski Hospital, New River Community College-Pulaski General Hospital.

New River Vocational Technical School-Radford Community Hospital (Radford) Program opened in 1968 and closed in 1970.

Norfolk Technical Vocational Center: see Central School

Norfolk City Schools-Leigh Memorial Hospital (Norfolk) Program opened in 1946 and closed in 1971.

Norfolk City Schools-Norfolk General Hospital (Norfolk) Program opened in 1961 and closed in 1979.

Northampton-Accomack Schools-Shore Memorial Hospital (Nassawadox) Program opened in 1956; other names were Northampton-Accomack County Schools-Northampton Accomack Memorial Hospital.

Northern Virginia Manpower Skill Center (Arlington) Program opened in 1974 and closed in 1981.

Office of Human Affairs (Newport News) Program opened in 1968 and closed in 1984; other name was New Careers.

Page County Technical Center (Luray) Program opened in 1996.

Peninsula School: see New Horizons Regional Education Center

Petersburg City Schools (Petersburg) Program opened in 1957 and closed in 1959; Reopened in 1963; other names were Petersburg City Schools-Petersburg General Hospital; Petersburg City Schools-Southside Regional Medical Center.

Piedmont Vocational School: see George Washington Carver- Piedmont Technical Education Center

Portsmouth School (Portsmouth) Program opened in 1967.

Prince William County Schools (Manassas) Program opened in 1969; other name was Prince William County Schools-Prince William Hospital.

Radford City Schools (Radford) Program opened in 1969.

Rappahannock Community College (Glenns) Program opened in 1985.

Richmond Public Schools (Richmond) Program opened in 1946; other name is Richmond City Schools-Medical College of Virginia Hospitals.

Roanoke City Schools (Roanoke) Program opened in 1958 and closed in 1992; other name was Lucy Addison High School-Burrell Memorial Hospital.

Roanoke City Schools-Roanoke Memorial Hospitals: see Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospitals.

Roanoke County Education Center-Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley: see Arnold R. Burton Vocational Technical Center- Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley

Rockbridge County Schools- Stonewall Jackson Hospital: see Stonewall Jackson Hospital

Russell County Vocational School (Lebanon) Program opened in 1994.

Scott County Vocational Center (Gate City) Program opened in 1996.

Smyth County School (Marion) Program opened in 1966.

Southampton Memorial Hospital (Franklin) Program opened in 1964.

Southside School (Farmville) Program opened in 1967 and closed in 1968; reopened in 1970.

Southside Virginia Community College, Christianna Campus (Alberta) Program opened in 1991.

Southside Virginia Community College, J. H. Daniel Campus (South Boston) Program opened in 1959-60; reopened in 1961-1962; reopened in 1963-1964; reopened in 1966; other names were Brunswick-Lunenburg-Mecklenburg.

Stonewall Jackson Hospital (Staunton) Program opened in 1964; Other name was Rockbridge County Schools- Stonewall Jackson Hospital.

Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project (STOP) see STOP Vocational School

STOP Vocational School (Norfolk) Program opened in 1969 and closed in 1985; other names were STOP/CETA; Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project (STOP).

Suffolk Public Schools- Louise Obici Memorial Hospital (Suffolk) Program opened in 1959.

Tazewell County Career and Technical Center (Tazewell) Program opened in 1949; other names were Tazewell County Schools- Clinch Vallet Community Hospital, Tazewell County Vocational Center- Clinch Valley Clinic Hospital.

Triplett Business and Technical Institute (Mt. Jackson) Program opened in 1965 and closed in 1997; other name was Triplett Business and Technical Institute- Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital.

Twin County/Wytheville Community College (Galax) Program opened in 1980; other name was Twin County School.

University of Virginia Hospital (Charlottesville) Program opened in 1951 and closed in 1986; other name was Jackson P. Burley High School- University of Virginia Hospital.

Valley Vocational Technical School (Fishersville) Program opened in 1969.

Virginia Beach School (Virginia Beach) Program opened in 1972.

Virginia Western Community College-Salem High School (Roanoke) Program opened in 1997.

Vocational-Technical Center-Dixie Hospital: see New Horizons Regional Education Center

Washington County Vocational Technical School (Abingdon) Program opened in 1969.

Waynesboro School of Practical Nursing-Waynesboro Community Hospital (Waynesboro) Program opened in 1962.

Wilson Memorial High School- King’s Daugthers Hospital (Staunton) Program opened in 1951.

Wise County Vocational Technical School (Wise) Program opened in 1957.