Government and Federal Nursing Scholarships

Service requirements and eligible work sites after graduation.

Obtain a License

Yes, just graduating isn’t enough – You will need a nursing license prior to begging work at a critical shortage facility. This is the reason that you got the nursing scholarship in the first place. If you are a participant in the federal nursing scholarships program you must be permanently licensed within 6 months or should it be appropriate as an advanced practice nurse where you will be in service.

Here is a breakdown in requirements and an explanation of what happens.

Credit towards you completing your fulfillment of the scholarship service will not be given in the absence of a permanent license in the state of service.

• Advanced Practice Nurses must meet an expectation of passing a national certification examination for your particular specialty by a nationally recognized certification authority/ body.
• Make sure your communication with the NSP office is pristine to ensure that the NSP gives you credit. Credit begins on the Nursing Scholarships Program receiving documentation that licensing and certification requirements have been met. Here is the address that you should send the documents to.

ATTN: Division of Nursing and Public Health, Nursing Scholarship Program
Monitoring and Transition Team
Fax: 1-855-444-6032

You are responsible to obtaining the required state license or national certification exam where applicable prior to service date starting.
In the case of not obtaining your license, contact the certification office immediately to request a suspension.

Getting the Nursing Position at the Facility.

Nursing scholarships awardees have up to 6 months from graduation date to get a nursing license and accept and offer for employment from an NSP approved facility.

The awardees have upto 3 months to start working full time or in the case they have permission from secretary to work part time.
The nursing Scholarship program reserves the right to grant final approval for all service locations to ensure that all conditions and statutory requirements have been met.

On starting employment – employees are required to submit a verification of employment form every 6 months until the service obligation is complete.

Again all participants must submit a service verification form from their employer every 6 months. The form must be completed and signed by the appropriate official at the approved service site which certifies the awardees compliance during that period.
Should you fail to complete and submit their 6 month service obligation verification form ontime; you may be seriously jeopardizing your credits if you dont complete the forms.

Due to circumstances, the NSP program understands that you may need to leave the initial facility and you should contact the NSP immediately in writing for approval transfer and they will weigh your situation so that you can finish your obligation at another NSp facility.

Nursing scholarship awardees are required to serve 2 years at a critical shortage facility fulltime and partime if the secretary approves. This must occur in the US, District of columbia or U.s territory.

What does Critical shortage facilities Include

• Disproportionate Share Hospital
• Nursing Home

• State or Local Public Health and/or Human Services Department
• Federally-Qualified Health Center
• Federally-Qualified Health Center Look-Alike
• Native Hawaiian Health Center
• Indian Health Service Health Center
• Rural Health Clinic
• Critical Access Hospital
• Skilled Nursing Facility
• Non-Federal, Non-Disproportionate Share Hospital
• Ambulatory Surgical Center
• Home Health Agency
• Hospice Program
• Federal Hospital

In eligible programs include

• Free-standing clinics that don’t qualify as a facility above.
• Renal dialysis centers
• Private practice offices
• Assisted living facilities
• Clinics in prisons and correctional facilities
• Private for-profit facilities

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