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One of the best ways to make a reservation more self-sufficient is to support students working toward degrees in the helping professions. That’s why ANA is actively involved in the nursing program at the University of New Mexico–Gallup.
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Native Americans interested in becoming nurses face many barriers, including disparities in educational opportunities K-12, a lack of computers and other learning tools, general poverty, and poor nutrition. Even when government funding allows nursing students to go to school, families feel the burden of additional expenses as well as lost wages from the student’s previous income. Students need a car to travel long distances for clinical rotations, and they may need to pay for motels for overnight stays.
Through ANA’s nursing scholarships for undergraduate and advance degrees, the Sue Kutenplon Scholarship (a $2,500 scholarship awarded to one student each semester), and funding for board testing fees (typically $350 to $550), we’re easing the burden facing some Native American students applying for competitive nursing school environments, and putting them into professional roles even faster. With the help of the CTC Foundation, employees of Reed Elsevier and their RECares employee-donation program, ANA is ensuring that more Native American nurses remain in the community, to work in and around the reservations in the Southwest.
Through ANA’s nursing scholarships for undergraduate and advance degrees, the Sue Kutenplon Scholarship (a $2,500 scholarship awarded to one student each semester), and funding for board testing fees (typically $350 to $550), we’re easing the burden facing some Native American students applying for competitive nursing school environments, and putting them into professional roles even faster. With the help of the CTC Foundation, employees of Reed Elsevier and their RECares employee-donation program, ANA is ensuring that more Native American nurses remain in the community, to work in and around the reservations in the Southwest.
