I will be graduating in May 2012 and I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about employment after graduation and passing the NCLEX of course. I don't know exactly when I want to start applying for jobs, but I do want to get some hospitals in mind that I might want to apply to in the near future. With that said here is my dilemma ....
I've been receiving a scholarship from my local hospital since I've been in college, which has been 4 years and for this service I would have to come back and work for them for 4 years or pay them the money back with interest. Okay that's the easy part. I would like to explore other options before I go back to this hospital because I really don't want to move back home (small town) and I would really like to move to the city when I graduate. So I would like to see if any hospitals in the Atlanta area since I'm from GA would be willing to pay this money back for me in exchange for me working for them for the specified amount of years. Or I would like to know if they could possibly give me some type of tuition reimbursement every month and I could use that to pay off my loans for the hospital. I just really don't want to pay all that money back PLUS INTEREST just because I want to move, but then again I REALLY WANT TO GO TO THE CITY! So, that's my problem. My question is how do I approach hospitals and ask them in the simplest and easiest way for them to understand what I would like without making it seem like I would be costing them more money then it's worth? Who would I talk to about this? I just want to get some other options. I hope I didn't make this confusing but I've really been thinking hard about this and with graduation approaching rapidly I think it would be a good idea for me to start talking to hospitals about this possibility. If you know of any hospitals that do this could you please let me know because it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!:redpinkhe:redpinkhe
I personally don't see what the big deal is if the OP wants to move somewhere else. Some hospitals pay back loans so that students will work for them. That is what this would be a loan. You never know. The OP is aware that she may have to pay back the loan and seems like she is willing to do so. But i agree with everyone else when they say jobs are hard to come by. Perhaps there is a way to satisfy a portion of the committment. Work there a certain length of time and perhaps pay back less? I'd check with the original hospital.
futurenurseya33
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I personally don't see what the big deal is if the OP wants to move somewhere else. Some hospitals pay back loans so that students will work for them. That is what this would be a loan. You never know. The OP is aware that she may have to pay back the loan and seems like she is willing to do so. But i agree with everyone else when they say jobs are hard to come by. Perhaps there is a way to satisfy a portion of the committment. Work there a certain length of time and perhaps pay back less? I'd check with the original hospital.