by Alex A. Kecskes
Want to advance your nursing career, but lack the funds to continue school? Why not apply for the Eight and Forty Lung and Respiratory Disease Nursing Scholarship?
The $5,000 scholarships are awarded annually to nurses who want to enhance their training in pediatric lung and respiratory diseases or to prepare for positions in clinical practice and management. Nurses must have prospects for full-time employment related to pediatric lung and respiratory disease nursing to qualify.
The Eight and Forty was organized in June, 1922 and originally founded to provide its members with fun and fellowship. In 1924, the organizational plan was amended to include "such service to be particularly concerned with child welfare.” At that point, the National Child Welfare Committee of the American Legion charged the Eight and Forty with that the task of “Preventive tuberculosis service" along educational lines to provide assistance and care and treatment of children. This assignment was later expanded beyond tuberculosis to “lung and respiratory diseases in children.”
Want to advance your nursing career, but lack the funds to continue school? Why not apply for the Eight and Forty Lung and Respiratory Disease Nursing Scholarship?
The $5,000 scholarships are awarded annually to nurses who want to enhance their training in pediatric lung and respiratory diseases or to prepare for positions in clinical practice and management. Nurses must have prospects for full-time employment related to pediatric lung and respiratory disease nursing to qualify.
The Eight and Forty was organized in June, 1922 and originally founded to provide its members with fun and fellowship. In 1924, the organizational plan was amended to include "such service to be particularly concerned with child welfare.” At that point, the National Child Welfare Committee of the American Legion charged the Eight and Forty with that the task of “Preventive tuberculosis service" along educational lines to provide assistance and care and treatment of children. This assignment was later expanded beyond tuberculosis to “lung and respiratory diseases in children.”
When the need for nurses educated in the special area of lung and respiratory disease patients became evident, the Eight and Forty established a scholarship to help RNs expand their knowledge in lung and respiratory diseases. Since the scholarships began in 1957, over $1.4 million have been awarded.
Applications must be postmarked no later than May 15, and scholarship recipients will be announced July 1. The scholarship's complete requirements are available in .PDF format on the American Legion website.
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Alex A. Kecskes has written hundreds of published articles on health/fitness, "green" issues, TV/film entertainment, restaurant reviews and many other topics. As a former Andy/Belding/One Show ad agency copywriter, he also writes web content, ads, brochures, sales letters, mailers and scripts for national B2B and B2C clients. Please see more of his blogs and view additional job postings on Nexxt.
Applications must be postmarked no later than May 15, and scholarship recipients will be announced July 1. The scholarship's complete requirements are available in .PDF format on the American Legion website.
For an additional perspective, check out this video:
Alex A. Kecskes has written hundreds of published articles on health/fitness, "green" issues, TV/film entertainment, restaurant reviews and many other topics. As a former Andy/Belding/One Show ad agency copywriter, he also writes web content, ads, brochures, sales letters, mailers and scripts for national B2B and B2C clients. Please see more of his blogs and view additional job postings on Nexxt.
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