Tuition Reimbursement?

*PICURN* · Feb 7, 2005

Are you talking about RN programs? or continuing programs?

If you get hired and work full time @ UCLA Medical Center, they will pay 2/3 of your tuition to get your BSN/MSN from UCLA (but you have to have your RN license first).

This all happens after your first 6 months of working there.

mrs.henderson · Feb 7, 2005

I was actually talking about tuition reimbursememt for your ADN. Does anyone hire you and then help you pay off your student loans?

SarasotaRN2b · Feb 7, 2005

mrs. henderson,

are you currently in an adn program or have you been accepted into an adn program?

i recently got accepted into a bsn program, and i'm using that to try to get a per diem position as a unit assistant in one of the hospitals local to me. yesterday, i had sent an email to the human resources contact telling her that i've been accepted and that i'm looking for something on the weekends, holidays and when school is not in session...she emailed me back (on a sunday, yet!) congratulating me and stated that she forwarded it to the nursing department. today, i received a phone call and i've got a interview for next tuesday. i'm hoping that not only can i secure a job, but maybe i can get some financial assistance.

all i can say is that you never know if you don't try!

kris

mrs.henderson · Feb 8, 2005

Kris,

Congrats on your interview!

No, I am not in a program yet. I am planning on taking a few prereqs this spring and this fall and then starting a direct entry ADN program in Spring 06. However, I will be working full time. I cannot afford, for various reasons, to quit my full time job. The program I found is at Mt St Mary's in LA. They offer an evening and weekend program designed for working adults. It will take me 3 years as I am going to enter the direct entry program (which includes most prereqs). But, it is VERY expensive as it is a private school (the only one I can find close enough to drive to after work that offers evening programs, and I have heard really good things about it).

So, after I get out of school, I am thinking that my student loans are going to be about $40-45K including books and everything and I was just hoping to find an employer who offers tuition reimbursement for ADN to help out.

Good luck on your interview! :)

pickledpepperRN · Feb 8, 2005

Maybe one of these can help you.

Congratilations on being accepted at Mount St. Mary's. I have precepted their students and work with graduates. I think they are some of the finest nurses.

Scholarship Information

The Nursing Scholarship Program provides scholarships to nursing school students in exchange for service for a period of at least two years at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses

http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/scholarship/default.htm

To potential RN applicants, please note that the Registered Nurse Education Program application has been combined to include the: Associate Degree Nursing scholarship, Registered Nurse Scholarship, and the Registered Nurse Loan Repayment Programs into one application. Please read the instructions carefully to ensure that you apply for the correct program.

(Scholarship & Loan Repayment Application)

http://www.healthprofessions.ca.gov/Applications/ADNonly05.pdf

http://www.healthprofessions.ca.gov/Applications/BSNappType05a.pdf

List of scholarships:

http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cne/Resources/ProfCnct/csus.htm

mrs.henderson · Feb 8, 2005

Thank you Spacenurse! These sites are exactly what I am looking for.

I have not been accepted to Mt St Mary's though. Like my post above says, I am taking a few prereqs first. But I am planning on applying for the Spring 06 semester.

I am really excited, yet feeling a little overwhelmed at the same time thinking of working and going to school and how to pay for it, etc. etc....however, I know I can handle it.

Thanks for the info! :)