Name that hospital and their tuition reimbursement plan

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Specializes in medical ICU.

I know a lot of us might have went to private school for nursing and are in a lot of debt. So if everyone can just name hospitals that pay some of your loans back and how much, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

Won't name the hospital I currently work for ... but we have no loan repayment program to pay for old student loans. (That's what such programs are called, "loan repayment programs." "Tuition reimbursement" is a term usually used to describe the reimbursment for classes taken while you are an employee for that institution.)

Tuition reimbursement for classes being taken currently = $2,000 per year if working full time, $1,000 if you are working part time, 0 if working PRN or in an "unbenefitted" position.

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This is a bad time (because of the economy) to be looking for loan repayment programs, sign-on bonuses, etc. The hospital system I work for has (recently) cut way back on its tuition reimbursement program, basically eliminating it for anything except nursing classes -- the system will still help current employees go to nursing school, but that's it.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

If you work for an Indian Health Service hospital with a certain federal distinction regarding health care worker shortages, you may qualify to get up to $20,000 in student loans repaid for each year of employment. If you are interested:

http://www.ihs.gov/JobsCareerDevelop/DHPS/LRP/about_lrp.cfm

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