Virginia Nursing Schools

Claude Moore Foundation Gives UVA School of Nursing

The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation of Fairfax, Va., announced yesterday that it has awarded the University of Virginia School of Nursing a grant of $5 million for a planned school expansion that will include a new nursing education building. The grant represents the largest single gift ever received by the School of Nursing.

"Nurses play a vital role in meeting the health care challenges of our time," said University President John T. Casteen III. "With a facility that prepares nurses for the growing complexity of their profession, the University will make a significant impact on the care delivered here and around the globe. I am deeply grateful to the trustees of the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation for their vision, generosity, and continuing commitment to nursing and medicine at the University."

This marks the second time in two years that the foundation has made a major grant to the U.Va. Health System. In December 2003, the foundation announced a gift of $12.5 million toward the School of Medicine's new medical education building. Combined with this earlier commitment, the grant cements the foundation's philanthropic impact on the education of future generations of nurses and physicians at U.Va. The new buildings will be constructed across 15th Street from one another, within sight of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, providing clear visual evidence of the foundation's leadership in advancing health care education at U.Va.

The proposed four-story, 32,000-square-foot Claude Moore Nursing Education Building will provide large, flexibly designed classrooms equipped with cutting-edge instructional technologies, a Student Life Center offering much-needed space devoted to student life and organizations, computer kiosks placed strategically throughout the building (instead of a single computer lab), conference rooms, and offices for administrators, faculty, staff, and graduate students. The new facility will be completely adapted to the latest innovations in wireless telecommunications, and an open staircase will connect all floors, reinforcing the values of health promotion central to the nursing profession. Read more...

Virginia Nursing Scholarships and Financial Aid

Prospective students should visit each school in which they are seriously interested and discuss with the school's financial aid office the assistance the school can be expected to provide. Scholarships are awarded by foundations, civic clubs, and other non-profit organizations.  Eligibility requirements (e.g. minimum grade point average, residency, or field of interest), funding amounts, and deadlines vary.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Health Resources and Services Administration Nursing Scholarships
A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship
AACN - Educational Advancement Scholarships - Graduate Completion
AACN - National Teaching Institute Scholarships Program
AACN - Vision Partners Continuing Education Scholarships Program
AACN Educational Advancement Scholarships - BSN Completion
AAMN Foundation Scholarships for Men
AAOHN Professional Development Scholarships
Aetna Scholarship
AFSCME Family Scholarship Program
AHNA - Charlotte McGuire Scholarships
AHNA - Research Grants
Air Force ROTC 4-Year Nursing Scholarships
Albert E. and Florence W. Newton Nurse Scholarship
Akron General Nursing - Service League Scholarship for Graduate Education in Nursing
Alexander Graham Bell Foundation College Scholarship Award
ANA - Ethnic/Racial Minority Doctoral Fellowships
ANNA - Abbott/Pamela Balzer Career Mobility
ANNA - American Regent Career Mobility Scholarship
ANNA - Career Mobility Scholarships
ANNA - Janel Parker Career Mobility Scholarship
ANNA - Tyco/Healthcare/Kendall Products Scholarship for Continuing Education
ANNA Foundation/AMGEN Career Mobility Scholarship
Anna May Rolando Scholarship Award
National Center for Learning Disabilities Scholarships and Awards
AORN Foundation Nursing Student Scholarship
AQHF Education or Nursing Scholarship
AAOHN Professional Development Scholarships
Archbold Scholarship Program
Army ROTC Nurse Officer Program
Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship
AzPC of AISES Professional Development Scholarships
Bernice L. Vance Scholarship
Bernice Pickens Parsons Fund
BET/Emerge Publications Scholarship
Bethesda's Developmental Disabilities Scholarship for Lutheran Nursing Students
Caroline E. Holt Nursing Scholarship
Caroline Simpson Maheady Scholarship Award
Charles Hardy Memorial Scholarship Awards
Charles Kunz Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship (ENA)
Christiana Care Health Systems Scholarship
Dr. Hilda Richards Scholarship
Dr. Lauranne Sams Scholarship
Eight & Forty Lung and Respiratory Disease Nursing Scholarship Fund
The Danish Sisterhood of America Scholarship Program
ENA Foundation Advanced Nursing Practice Scholarships
ENA Foundation Faculty Doctoral Scholarship
ENA Foundation Faculty Memorial Doctoral Scholarship
ENA Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships
FNRE BSN Scholarship
FNRE Clinical Nurse Specialist Scholarship
FNRE Doctoral Scholarship
FNRE Master's Scholarship
FNRE Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Scholarship
FNRE Nursing Management Scholarship
Foundation of the National Student Nurses' Association General Scholarships
Genevieve Julia Scholarship Award
HCA Cares Scholarship Program
HCAid Scholarship
HCR Manor Care Nursing Scholarship Program
HealthSouth Corporation Nursing Student Loan Program
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Hobble (LPN) Nursing Scholarship
HRSA - Bureau of Health Professions Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
HRSA National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
HRSA National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Nursing Scholarship Program
James D. Durante Nurse Scholarship Program
JEMS (Journal of Emergency Medical Services)/Elsevier Nursing Scholarship
Kaiser Permanente Deloras Jones RN Academic Excellence Scholarship
Kaiser Permanente Deloras Jones RN Excellence in Bachelor's Degree Nursing Scholarship
Kaiser Permanente Deloras Jones RN Nursing as a Second Career Scholarship

Useful Books

Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2006
The College Board College Handbook 2006
College Cost & Financial Aid Handbook 2006
Paying for College without Going Broke 2006
How to Go to College Almost for Free

Nursing Resources

For information about accredited clinical nurse specialist programs, visit the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. For information on nurse practitioners, including a list of accredited programs, visit the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Information about employment opportunities may be obtained from local hospitals, nursing care facilities, home health care agencies, psychiatric facilities, the Virginia State Board of Nursing, and local offices of the State employment service. For information about accredited programs in other states visit one of the following websites: Nursing Schools in Alabama, LVN Programs in California, Nursing Schools in Maryland and Colorado Nursing Schools.

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