Trinitas Hospital Partnership Pays Tuition for Undergraduate Nurses
Trinitas Hospital, the Trinitas School of Nursing, the College of Saint Elizabeth and Union County College have entered into an innovative agreement that will offset the cost of education for nurses seeking a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
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(PRWEB) August 5, 2004 -- Trinitas Hospital Partnership Pays Tuition
For Undergraduate Nurses
Trinitas Hospital, the Trinitas School of
Nursing, the College of Saint Elizabeth and Union County College have entered
into an innovative agreement that will offset the cost of education for nurses
seeking a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. The new program will
cover one hundred percent of tuition costs for nurses employed at Trinitas
Hospital, and fifty percent of tuition costs for nurses who graduated from the
Trinitas School of Nursing and presently work outside Trinitas.
The
agreement was hailed as a “win-win” by Gary S. Horan FACHE, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Trinitas Hospital. “Nurses at Trinitas and in the community
now have a free or reduced-cost opportunity to advance their education, with the
end result being heightened patient care. We’re very pleased to be able to
extend this opportunity to the hard-working nurses in our community,” he
explained. Sister Francis Raftery, President of the College of Saint Elizabeth,
agreed, noting that the collaborative agreement represents an “historic
opportunity to support our students.”
The Trinitas School of Nursing
offers a cooperative nursing program with Union County College. Graduates of the
School receive their diploma in nursing from Trinitas and an Associate Degree in
Science from Union County College. According to College President Thomas H.
Brown, Ph.D., “We’ve enjoyed a long, fruitful history with Trinitas, and now we
can bring our commitment to our nurses to an even higher
level.”
“The agreement has already generated an
overwhelming response, both from nurses at Trinitas and within the community,”
noted Mary Elizabeth Kelley, Dean of the Trinitas School of Nursing. “The
seamless articulation to higher learning provided by this program is very
appealing especially at this time when there is a shortage of nurses.”
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/8/prweb146593.htm