Nursing Scholarships?

RNpearls1908 · Oct 23, 2012

FAFSA, Fastweb, HRSA Nursing scholarship is a really good one if you get it since it pays for 100% of tuition, books, and supplies and even gives you a monthly living stipend.

Julesmama28 · Oct 24, 2012

Look at your schools financial aid web page, ours has a huge list of pertinent ones for us.

bellafsu89 · Oct 25, 2012

The school is not very helpfull with the scholarship search. Thanks for the tips!

bellafsu89 · Nov 25, 2012

So I figured I would update you all. I did some research and found some at my local hospital. Also, I called my local workforce solutions. You have to qualify (which I do) you can get $7500 toward your RN!!!

angeweise · Dec 2, 2012

Hi,

I am new to this site. I am also looking into scholarships. I am changing my career from business to nursing. What is workforce solutions?

Angie

Cortney · Dec 4, 2012

I am in the same situation Ashley! I can't find any legit websites. I'm going to try the suggestions of the first poster... hope I find something quick! I'm beginning to get scared about how I'm goig to do this!

I always knew I would have trouble with the $$ aspect of nursing school, but I always said I wouldnt let anything stop me from becomming a nurse. I gotta make this work!

Good luck on your search and congratulations!!

Kimynurse · Dec 4, 2012

Try

You school

Local hospital and nursing homes

Local unemployment

Local high school guidance office, I know sounds crazy, but you would be amazed even if your older

your town hall/ village hall

Good luck

BSwasBS · Dec 15, 2012

Hey AngeWeise,

Workforce solutions in Alabama is a program that provides assistance with career training for people who are unemployed or qualified otherwise. I don't know about other states, but here in Alabama if you have a B.S. degree, even if you qualify otherwise, you cannot participate in the program. The program is AWESOME, here it pays for books, fees, tuition, supplies AND if you receive a Pell Grant or other loans you can put that money in your pocket. Check with your local unemployment office or job office for more info, that's usually who administers the program. I found out about it by accident when I sat in on one of their meetings. Since I have a BS that is truly some BS, I don't qualify....any other scholarship information someone could provide would be helpful!!

Good Luck

grpman · Dec 16, 2012

Don't forget to look into your own nursing program for scholarships. There is sometimes money right under your nose.

springchick1, ADN, RN · Dec 24, 2012

I work at a local hospital and they will reimburse me up to $4000 a year for classes that will help further my career there. If you work somewhere, you may want to look into it.

BSwasBS · Jan 11, 2013

Hey AngeWeise,
Workforce solutions in Alabama is a program that provides assistance with career training for people who are unemployed or qualified otherwise. I don't know about other states, but here in Alabama if you have a B.S. degree, even if you qualify otherwise, you cannot participate in the program. The program is AWESOME, here it pays for books, fees, tuition, supplies AND if you receive a Pell Grant or other loans you can put that money in your pocket. Check with your local unemployment office or job office for more info, that's usually who administers the program. I found out about it by accident when I sat in on one of their meetings. Since I have a BS that is truly some BS, I don't qualify....any other scholarship information someone could provide would be helpful!!
Good Luck

NEW INFO:

Turns out the person in my school's WIA office who gave me this information was NOT the authorized person to give that information out and (according to the only STATE employee in that office and the WIA office) you can still qualify for this program if you have a BS degree. It simply depends on what you are returning to school for. In my case going from a BS in Biology to an RN license is considered an upgrade (HA-TOTALLY NOT SURPRISED ABOUT THAT ONE). So, moral of the story is.....don't give up.....keep asking, keep asking , keep asking.