Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-01
SAINT PHILIP NURSES
TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Memorial Hospital Needs 81 to
Start Training at Once for New
C0lOrcd Hospital,

Memorial Hospital has sent out an
emergency call for twenty-four
young coiorcd women 70 begin train
ing at once in the colorcd ward ut
Memorial. in order that sufficient
coiored nurses may be already in
training when Saint rA;l.r Hospital
is ready to open.
The young women must be between
twenty and thirty years OF age and
nave at least n common school cdu-
cation. 1t is stated by the directress
OF nurses at Memorial to whom appli-
cation should be made.
At the conclusion of their training.
these colored nurses VIII receive n
regular diploma from the training
school of Saint Philip Hospital which
- for negro patients exclusively and
Is owned and operated by the Medi-
cal College of Virginia
vo IN ADDITION to the twenty four
once. another twenty four will he
needed when Saint Philip opens Sep
tember i, at the latest.
co!ovod patients has been DELAYED for
several months on account Of sun
pneS being held up. Most of the
equipmcnt is now in place ana She
heating and power plants in opera
1t Is regarded as most significant
step STEP IN the enhancement OF the race
school of Saint Philip are to receive
regular diplomas from this unit OF
t me hospital Division Of the Medical
CollcSe of Virginia as graduate
nurses and not merely as attend
ants"
Graduates of Saint Philip Hospital
wili atso he eligible for registration
in the state of Virginia with tho COW
e,ed 'R. ~" after. their names, it is
stated
The object of the school OF nursing
Whicn Will be conducted i'm the negro
pavilion. is to prepare negro women
Tor profession for which they have
SHOWN themselves to be adapted and
10 ena Dle. them to assist in preventing
anu meaning disease among their own
race.
The course is planned to include
n n,iI ION in public health nursing
from Saint Philip Hospital will he
urged TO take up constructive work
among their own race In manner
similar TO the work being carried on
by white nurses.
The opening of Saint Philip Hos
nitai offers an unprecedented oppor-
tunity TO young colorcd women of
ncnt Richmond men and women who
are deeply Interested in the advance
men; of the race in the south
new bui nGTpita! !rSflf is snlcndid
snail. facing the old Medical College
OF Virginia building. liz has seven
noors and basement. The exterior
walls are finished with red brick
trimmed with limestone stills, and
Win limestone porch Mt main en-
trance. 1t is absolutely iireproof
construction throughout, with steel
frame. hollow tile partition, and re-
enforced concrete floors. At each
emu OF the building, on the east side.
nrcprooi porches accommodating
ihrcc beds have been erected. EXTEND
ing the full height of the building.
doors opening from the private floors
ana wards are wide enough to per
mt the passage OF = bed Easy iron
sta!rways are connected with each
porch. from the seventh floor 10 thn
ground, which will afford ready
cgress from every part of the build,
lns IN case OF necessity. \ wide
stairway with an electric elevator on
each side extends to full height Of
Inc building on the west side
me hospital has been equipped to
accommodate forty patients in one
ana TWO bed rooms. and loo patients
IN me wards. Should the service de-
inand additional capacity for patients.
or IN the event of an emergency. thc
Eal!cnt capacity could he readily IN
creased TO nifty patients in one and
.i "" neh rooms, and 10 li2 patients in