Scholarships for work commitment?

notnursezelda · Jul 8, 2014

Please tell me you're joking. No program is worth 30k per year/120,000 per program, and that's a heck of a lot of debt to be paying off on a salary not commensurate with that cost. While it may not be appealing, applying to less expensive schools, even if it means a wait list, can be a much better start for your financial future.

Well I already have my bachelors in biology done. I took all my pre-reqs at a community college so the BSN program is only 2 years now, so more like 60k total.

It is a lot of money, but the alternative is not starting an associates degree until fall 2015.

i don't want to keep putting my education/degree on hold, because it does affect my other plans also

The other programs here, are roughly around the same price (la salle and desales, desales takes 3 years to complete), so its not that bad.

plus the school has a great reputation, great pass rate, and gives students the option to switch to part time or full time as needed, which i thought was a plus.

I think you would find that in many adn programs the majority of the students are only taking 1-2 classes per semester. Most everyone takes anatomy and other classes before starting the program so they have more time to study for nursing classes or hold a job. You wouldn't be the odd one out!

that is true... but like i said, i dont want to keep putting other plans on hold either, i am going to get married soon too, and i want to have kids, so i dont want to put that off to long.

if i do an associates, eventually i will be back doing my RN-BSN program, so i figure the 2 year BSN is a good option to continue with.

its just frustrating because i do see what you guys are saying as far as financing this, hense im looking for other creative ways to fund school but i guess it is what it is...

auralae · Jul 11, 2014

I'm in Missouri and our Dept of Health offers money in exchange for work at either any hospital in the state or any clinic in a county of need. I'd look at your state's dept of health website for something similar.

CoachChris · Jul 15, 2014

I recently spoke to a friend who is senior executive in a major hospital system. The Affordable Care Act is impacting hospitals in many ways beyond what is in the news. One impact is nurse retention in hospitals that are choosing to hire at lower salaries so as not to totally gut staffing levels. He was saying that they were dealing with a high percentage of new nurses that would work for them just long enough to get the experience necessary for a higher paying job elsewhere. He said that new nurses would start looking around about 6 months after hire.

It sounded like there may be a salary reset coming for nurses. Experienced nurses filling positions of greater responsibility aren't going to see their salaries matched if they move on to another health system. So maybe they are staying where they are and blocking advancement of newer nurses. Maybe new nurses will not be starting their career at the same (adjusted for inflation) salary as experienced nurses did.

There are some major reimbursement issues administrators are dealing with in the Affordable Care Act. So the choice apparently is to gut staffing or to reduce salaries to maintain staffing levels. I'm not an expert and I've only talked to one person with inside knowledge of the issues and I don't know if his perspective is shared by others.

Since I want to practice nursing among under-served populations I am more than happy to take lower pay in exchange for my tuition being paid. It's not as if I'm going to be rolling in money working with under-served populations anyway.

osi2011 · Jul 15, 2014

4thgenrn sounds like an awesome opportunity! Where do you live maybe I need to relocate there lol :yes:

cadyssa · Mar 27, 2015

I know this post is pretty old but I was wondering what is everyone's locations.