Bachelor of Science Nursing Scholarship Program

Overview

The purpose of this program is to assure an adequate supply of appropriately trained professional nurses.  Encourage persons from populations that are currently underrepresented in the nursing profession to enter that profession.  Encourage professional nurses to work in medically underserved areas. There is hereby created the Registered Nurse Education Program within the Health Professions Education Foundation. Persons participating in this program shall be persons who agree in writing prior to graduation to serve in an eligible county health facility, an eligible state-operated health facility, a health workforce shortage area, or a California nursing school, as designated by the director of the office. Persons agreeing to serve in eligible county health facilities, eligible...