Scholarships for aged care nursing – applications open

Scholarships of up to $30,000 are available to undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students as well as those undertaking nurse practitioner studies. Applications close at the end of August.

Above: Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, at the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council’s Decision Makers’ Forum in March 2011.

The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has invited budding nurses to apply for one of 715 aged care nursing scholarships, worth up to $30,000. 

The scholarships are for postgraduate and undergraduate nursing students as well as those undertaking nurse practitioner studies, including for continuing professional development, or for courses aimed at nurses wishing to re-enter the aged care workforce. Applications close on 31 August 2012. 

In a statement released today, Mr Butler said the scholarships were part of the Australian Government’s commitment to boost training for aged care workers. 

“The Gillard Government is committed to building capacity in the aged care workforce through measures such as these scholarships, and also through the Living Longer Living Better aged care reform package, which includes a $1.2 billion investment in better wages and conditions,” Mr Butler said.

“Aged care nursing scholarships provide valuable assistance to people considering careers in aged care and are a critical component of our effort to boost the aged care workforce.”

Mr Butler also encouraged prospective nurses to choose a career in aged care, describing it as “a very rewarding part of the health system to work in”.

The money to help cover education costs and encourage nursing students to think again about a career in aged care is provided through the federal government’s Aged Care Nursing Scholarships program with funding from the Aged Care Workforce Fund.

More information can be obtained from the Royal College of Nursing Australia on 1800 116 696 or at www.rcna.org.au

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4 thoughts on “Scholarships for aged care nursing – applications open

  1. Hay Julia…Don’t forget AIN’s. I would LOVE to train as an RN to work in the aged care sector, but at $17 odd dollars an hr and a family to fund, how do people like me pay the education costs involved in becoming an RN?????? Do we get a pay rise or do we get the chance of a scholarship to fund our continuing education? How about you have a bit of a think on that one!

  2. Looking for aged care work I’m schooling in year 13 I live in fiji

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