I tried the Nurse Education Act and you have to practice in one of the areas listed on the website in order to qualify. In Illinois - all the places are located in/near Chicago or in/near St. Louis. All are clinics and/or prisons. I'm in school for my MSN also and just bit the bullet and took out loans. Perhaps in Florida - there is more of a need?
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I tried the Nurse Education Act and you have to practice in one of the areas listed on the website in order to qualify. In Illinois - all the places are located in/near Chicago or in/near St. Louis. All are clinics and/or prisons. I'm in school for my MSN also and just bit the bullet and took out loans. Perhaps in Florida - there is more of a need?
I could never find any concrete information aka "actual cash for tuition" so I bit the bullet also and will owe a fortune in student loans when I'm done with MSN. The info on those websites all sounds great, but will have to wait until I graduate I guess to see what is available then to help with repaying student loans.
NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN
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Grants available under this act are located here:
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/aid.htm
They are closed for 2004 applications. Info posted on website ~ each Febuary so keep an eye out for next year.
Check out Discover Nursing's searchable scholarship database:
http://www.discovernursing.com/scholarship_search.asp
http://www.nursesource.org/education_info.html
Good Luck in finalizing your dream.