Student loans forgiven - for BC nurses
New nurses in BC are getting their student loans forgiven - another good initiative by the BC government.
Who is eligible? Students graduating from accredited schools as nurse practitioners if they agree to work in a publicly funded facility in an area of the province that is currently underserved. They are now eligible to have their B.C. student loans forgiven over three years. But they have to choose to practise in rural and remote areas of the province.
And who are "nurse practitioners"?
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with the education and skills to provide a broad range of health-care services, such as diagnosing, prescribing, ordering diagnostic tests and managing common acute conditions and chronic illnesses.
Similar student loan forgiveness program is already available to nurses and now nurse practitioners also will have student loan forgiveness program.
The loan forgiveness program for nurses was announced in August 2000 - for graduates from accredited schools in nursing (including licensed practical nursing), but also for students of medical, midwifery and pharmacy schools, who began their programs on or after Aug. 1, 2000. Their B.C. student loan debts will be reduced by 33 per cent for each of the three years they work in an underserved community. In December 2004, the program was expanded to include graduates from speech language pathology, occupational therapy, audiology and physiotherapy, who, if working with children in underserved communities, would be eligible.
More information on the loan forgiveness program for nurses in British Columbia.
Helen
Who is eligible? Students graduating from accredited schools as nurse practitioners if they agree to work in a publicly funded facility in an area of the province that is currently underserved. They are now eligible to have their B.C. student loans forgiven over three years. But they have to choose to practise in rural and remote areas of the province.
And who are "nurse practitioners"?
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with the education and skills to provide a broad range of health-care services, such as diagnosing, prescribing, ordering diagnostic tests and managing common acute conditions and chronic illnesses.
Similar student loan forgiveness program is already available to nurses and now nurse practitioners also will have student loan forgiveness program.
The loan forgiveness program for nurses was announced in August 2000 - for graduates from accredited schools in nursing (including licensed practical nursing), but also for students of medical, midwifery and pharmacy schools, who began their programs on or after Aug. 1, 2000. Their B.C. student loan debts will be reduced by 33 per cent for each of the three years they work in an underserved community. In December 2004, the program was expanded to include graduates from speech language pathology, occupational therapy, audiology and physiotherapy, who, if working with children in underserved communities, would be eligible.
More information on the loan forgiveness program for nurses in British Columbia.
Helen
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