In the mix: Educational program takes students from high school to hospital
Stressed Out Nurses Weekly, September 28, 2009
Texas Health Resources, which operates 14 Dallas-Fort Worth-area hospitals, has launched a program that aims to prepare high school students for nursing careers, reports KDAF news.
The Prodigy Program is 12-week summer course offered to 25 high school graduates, and was created to spur interest in nursing as a career. The program also pays for students' tuition at the University of Texas-Arlington, and students are guaranteed jobs at Texas Health Resources hospitals once education is completed.
The program also has a financial benefit to Texas Health Resources and ensures these nurses are cheaper to hire. Texas Health Resources can train its own nurses, starting early, for about $20,000, according to Human Resources Vice President Bonnie Bell. To recruit a nurse costs about $40,000 to $50,000, she told KDAF.
Are you in, or have you gone through, a similar program? What are your thoughts? Post a comment at StressedOutNurses.com and let us know what you think.
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