financial aid opportunities

[h2oforzodie]

Hi there! Are there any oregon hosptials that offer tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, or scholarships for nursing students? Do these programs actively recruit students, or are the programs strictly for nurses who have already graduated? I am looking for as much financial help as possible! Thanks so much!

[LoveMyBugs, BSN, CNA, RN]

The hospital I work at offers a loan repayment program, and if you are a full time employee for a full year then they will do tuition reimbursement. I know that Providence has a scholarship program Providence Scholars, and one girl in my nursing program is getting her tuition paid for through her hospitals program.

There are programs out there, but they are not actively recruiting that I am aware of, you would need to do some research.

Kasier works with Clackamas Community College, and has a nursing cohort there for their employees, where they pay of all of their schooling.

PCC has a similar program, only I don't know which hosiptals they are but there is a seperate nursing cohort that is 18 months long that certain hospitals pay for their employees to go through the nursing program.