My daughter wants to go to school for nursing for RN?

I keep being told there are ways she can go for free or little cost, because nursing is a much needed occupation right now. But I cant find this information. We applied for the govt loan that didnt help. Where do I find these programs for her. The school giudance counsiler is no help either. Please help.

Have you inquired for financial aid at your local One Stop Center? There is a program called WIA which is short for Workforce Investment Act (WIA). It is a federally funded program that provides assistance to individuals to become employable. There are eligibility requirements for this program and the priority of funds are different for each local area. Also the eligible training providers (ETP) are different in each area as they are determined by the local workforce investment boards. In my area, if the training is on the ETP and you are determined eligible then the books and tuition are paid for up to two years. This is a grant program and you do not have to pay it back. Please visit your local workforce center to find out more about this grant. If you are not eligible they may be able to refer you to other programs that you may qualify for.

I believe these programs are run through hospitals. The hospitals pay for schooling and in return you're required to work for that hospital for x number of years. I don't really know much but maybe this can point you in the right direction. Try talking to a local hospital about it?

To save costs, check the classes and degrees available @ a junior or community college. The cost is a lot less than a 4year university and if the grade point from there is high, one can usually transfer in for the junior year w/a scholarship or grant to complete a 4 year degree.

Otherwise... try nursing schools and see what programs they offer.

Nate is right, most of these programs are through hospitals or nursing homes, I had a friend who started taking classes with a nursing home (for pay!) to be a CNA and then went on to get her LPN and RN for free through the nursing home with a promise to work there for three years.

The most affordable way to get an RN is through community college. Many community colleges in California offer programs that cost almost nothing, once the student has been accepted into the program. The problem is that the programs are highly impacted and students who qualify are chosen by lottery.

There are scholarships for nurses, but most of them are for students who are enrolled in a nursing program, not PRE-nursing, which is what nearly all state funded nursing programs offer.

I recommend that your daughter gather the pre-requisite lists from all the nursing programs (community college, state college or private college) she's willing to attend. Get as many completed at community college as possible, then apply to all of the nursing programs. It's at this point that more scholarships will be available.


Register with the FASTWEB www.fastweb.com and it will help you locate a few nursing scholarships. But until your daughter has the pre-requisites completed for nursing school, she probably won't find many. Her college grades will be critical in being a good scholarship candidate, once she's qualified for the nursing program.

Good luck! We do need good nurses.

Community colleges are the best place to start on getting a RN because it is two years long and less in tuition than a 4 year college or university. There are scholarship and student loan forgiveness programs for nursing students. I recommend searching Google.com and Yahoo.com for the scholarship and student loan forgiveness programs in your state for nursing students. However, the government programs come at the cost of working in certain areas for a set length of time in nursing. I will include some links which should help.

Please try: http://www.nursingmasters.com They have lots of good information on various nursing degrees both Bachelors and Masters

Nursing homes, hospitals, etc. will pay for her to get her CNA. I am not sure if they will pay for her to get anything any higher. I do know that its less expensive to go to a technical college. You can go to any college and talk to a financial aid advisor. They will help you a great deal.