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Nursing Education

Interested in learning more about home care as a career? You’ve come to the right place! Home care nurses get to see the impact of their caregiving on patients and develop more personal relationships  with patients and families. This video will show you why.

Additional Information

Home Care Nursing Skills and Requirements
An overview detailing the nursing roles, responsibilities and competencies for practice in the home care setting.

New York Health Careers
Information for current and future health professionals in New York.

National Home Care and Hospice Careers
Advice and resources to help your career.

Home Care Association of America Job Board
Job opportunities across the country and a list of reasons why you should consider a home health career.

About Home Care in New York
Home care is provided at home to patients who need post-acute care following a hospital visit or who require long term care. These comprehensive services are provided by nurses, therapists, home health aides and other direct-care staff.

Nursing Scholarship & Loan Forgiveness Programs

Nurses for Our Future Scholarship
The “Nurses For Our Future” Scholarship will cover tuition for 1,000 new or current healthcare workers to earn an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) at a two-year or four-year New York State public college or university.

New York State Healthcare Workers for Our Future Scholarship
A new scholarship program will provide two-years full cost of attendance scholarship to approximately 500 New York State students seeking to earn their associate or bachelor's degree as a Registered Nurse, Respiratory Therapist, Clinical Laboratory Technologist, Radiologic Technologist, or Surgical Technologist.

Nurses Across NY Loan Repayment Program Cycle 2 SOI Released
The NANY Loan Repayment Program makes funds available to help recruit RNs and LPNs and encourage them to remain in medically underserved areas of the state.

Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program is designed to repay part of your education-related loan debt in exchange for working in a health professions shortage area (HPSA).

You are eligible if you are:

  • A registered nurse (RN)
    An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)
    Nurse faculty (NF)

You must have received your nursing education from an accredited school of nursing. That school must be in a U.S. state or territory. To learn more or apply, you can visit here.