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Thank you for the reply--I'm unfortunately still confused! In my interpretation, the qualifications are different for NURSE Corps vs. NHSC. According to the flyer, NHSC requires "Minimum of two years of full-time serviceat an NHSC-approved site in a HealthProfessional Shortage Area of greatest need" (thus, searching by the second link); but NURSE Corps requires, "Minimum two-year service commitment(or part-time equivalent) at an eligiblehealth care facility" (which sounds more like the first--the list of facilities rather than catchment areas). I dunno--I'll call my recruiter and try to figure it out, but hoping someone could explain it in plain language. I wish there wasn't a discrepancy between the two.
PHhopeful
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I recently received the HRSA NURSE Corps Scholarship and will be graduating in May. I am having the hardest time understanding/interpreting HPSA scores on the data warehouse website. I know we must look for a job in an area designated 14 or greater. I've found two ways to search--one being searching by address, which populates information about a specific site; the other being searching by county, which populates a list of eligible facilities in that county. I've found that agencies are listed differently on one list than the other. Which should I go by? Here's the two lists I'm referring to:
HPSA Find
HRSA - Find Shortage Areas: HPSA & MUA/P by Address - Version 2.0
Any help would be appreciated--HRSA hasn't been too helpful in answering. I also am curious if an area has a Mental Health score of 14 but the Primary Care designation is lower, and I find a primary care job, is it eligible because the MH score qualifies, even though it's a primary care job? The handbook made it sound like this is appropriate ('the site eligibility will be determined by whichever score is higher').