Sounds pretty good: Hospitals offers nursing scholarships - Orlando Business Journal:
The Central Florida Health Alliance and Lake-Sumter Community College have partnered to provide full scholarships for nursing students who agree to work for the health system for two years after graduation.
The Central Florida Health Alliance Foundation has agreed to triple its financial support of scholarships to fund the training of nurses. For the current 2008-09 academic year, the fund will provide 24 scholarships, covering four semesters of study for each Alliance scholar. The agreement will renew automatically for subsequent years.
The hospital system will also continue providing clinical nursing experience opportunities for students at Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital.
Darlene Stone, senior vice president of human resources for the health system, said open nursing positions average about 4 percent, which is below state and national averages. The new scholar program will help the organization maintain strong staffing levels and position for the future, she says.
The Central Florida Health Alliance is a nonprofit healthcare system that includes the 309-bed Leesburg Regional Medical Center and the 198-bed The Villages Regional Hospital.
Anyone else have something like this?
The Central Florida Health Alliance and Lake-Sumter Community College have partnered to provide full scholarships for nursing students who agree to work for the health system for two years after graduation.
The Central Florida Health Alliance Foundation has agreed to triple its financial support of scholarships to fund the training of nurses. For the current 2008-09 academic year, the fund will provide 24 scholarships, covering four semesters of study for each Alliance scholar. The agreement will renew automatically for subsequent years.
The hospital system will also continue providing clinical nursing experience opportunities for students at Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital.
Darlene Stone, senior vice president of human resources for the health system, said open nursing positions average about 4 percent, which is below state and national averages. The new scholar program will help the organization maintain strong staffing levels and position for the future, she says.
The Central Florida Health Alliance is a nonprofit healthcare system that includes the 309-bed Leesburg Regional Medical Center and the 198-bed The Villages Regional Hospital.
Anyone else have something like this?