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1990, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) initiated the School Nurse Institute for the purpose of offering continuing education activities to school nurses in Virginia. 

Through contractual arrangements with Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing, and Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities (VIDD), the School Nurse Institute has provided a variety of continuing education activities and resources for school nurses across the Commonwealth. 

Major funding for these activities has been provided by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, administered by Virginia Department of Health.

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In 1997, representatives from Virginia Department of Health (Nancy Ford, MPH, RN, School Health Nurse Consultant), Virginia Department of Education (Gwen Smith, MSN, RN, School Health Services Specialist), and Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities (Ann Cox, PhD, RN, Associate Director) formed a School Nurse Institute Partnership Steering Committee to determine the feasibility of developing public-private partnerships with institutes of higher learning for the purpose of enhancing and coordinating school nursing-related continuing education activities throughout Virginia. 

As a preliminary activity, VDH--through a contractual arrangement with VIDD--developed and published an assessment of Virginia school nurses' continuing education needs and distance learning technology.  Results are published in the report 1997 School Nurse Institute Project, Virginia Department of Health, April 1998. 

• A  PDF version of the 1997 report is available at the following address: http://www.vahealth.org/schoolhealth/sninstitute_1997.pdf

In 1998, the SNIP Steering Committee spearheaded the formation of a statewide partnership.

The School Nurse  Institute Partnership is comprised of 
representatives from:

• Five University Schools of Nursing
• University of Virginia at Wise
• Hampton University
• Radford University
• University of Virginia
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Shenandoah University
• George Mason University
• Christopher Newport
• Continuing Education Unit of University of Virginia  in Northern Virginia
• Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
• Virginia School Nurses Association
• Virginia School Nurse Coordinators Group
• SNIP Steering Committee
• Virginia Department of Education
• Virginia Department of Health
• Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities
• (For the names of SNIP partners, please click here.)

• For a summary of past educational events, please click here.

• For a summary of scheduled educational events, please click here.