Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner

A CampusRN Scholarship Program finalist for the Pacific region:

I am currently enrolled in an accelerated master's program on the infectious disease adult nurse practitioner (ID-ANP) track. I chose this area because I feel passionately about the disparity of healthcare in underserved areas, and it has been shown that infectious diseases disproportionately affect those with lower socioeconomic status (due to reasons such as lack of quality healthcare and early education, as well as the overall effects of poverty). As an ID-ANP, I expect to gain the tools needed to help combat these issues and make lasting impacts that result in healthier communities. I am currently involved in an effort to start a free/reduced fee health clinic in Seattle's Rainier Valley (an urban, underserved neighborhood), and hope that my nursing education will allow me the opportunity to make greater contributions to this effort, including eventually working there full-time.

This scholarship would greatly help with the costs associated with this program. The RN portion of the accelerated program is not subsidized and
carries a tuition of nearly $40,000 for the first 5 quarters, then graduate tuition for the remaining ~2 years. I am fully supporting myself financially, and keeping up with the rigorous workload and clinical schedule does not allow much time for a job. Also, due to the economic downturn, the amount of financial aid available from the University of Washington is very tight. Thus, I am paying for school purely through loans, and any assistance I can get to repay these and existing loans from undergraduate school would be very valuable.

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