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The UVAHS Professional Nursing Staff Organization Professional Development |
Nurses are encouraged to explore funding support options in pursuing professional development opportunities. Their many options include:
- Funding support through practice areas' operational budgets; nurses should contact their Nurse Manager or Administrator regarding availability of local funds
- Human Resources' Employee Benefits programs for Educational Assistance.
The UVA Nurses' Professional Development Fund and related offerings are a potential resource when RNs wish for assistance in participating in a professional development opportunity, and funding is unavailable from other sources. See the details below on:
The Nurses' Professional Development Fund
Nursing Scholarship Program
The Nursing Scholarship Program offers scholarship opportunities for qualified Medical Center employees to pursue undergraduate nursing degrees.
All Full-time employees, and Flex Option employees budgeted at 0.6 FTE or higher, with a minimum of one year of service prior to application are eligible to apply. Benefits from this program will be available in addition to Tuition Waiver and Tuition Reimbursement. The program is centrally funded and administered to ensure that all eligible Medical Center employees have equal access, regardless of the budget limitations of their department.
Click for more information on the Nursing Scholarship Program
The Nurses' Professional Development Fund
The Professional Development Fund for Nurses assists classified registered nurses (Clin II and above) in pursuing professional development applicable to leadership or clinical activities, through financial support. For more information, click the links below.
Applying for funding
Step 1: Review the PD Application Instructions
Step 2: Fill out and submit the PD Fund Application Form [revised 8/2008]
How recipients are chosen - Review the worksheet that guides the panel in applying consistent criteria for all applicants. [revised 7/2007]
Funding Support for Professional Certifications
The Nurses' Certification Support Fund was started in 2006 with a generous personal donation by Dr. Pam Cipriano, Chief Nursing Officer of UVAHS. Effective July 1, 2008, funding support for professional certifications, including nursing certifications, is offered through Medical Center Human Resources as part of the educational assistance benefits package for employees.
Applying for Certification Funding Support:
To apply for funding support, eligible employees will need to submit the Educational Assistance Request Form, following the procedures outlined in HR Policy 301. Please confirm that your certification appears on the list of Eligible Nursing Certifications. This list is developed by analyzing practice area professional development plans, by soliciting input from practice area representatives, and by examining national trends; it is reviewed annually by the PNSO Professional Development Committee.
Shared Certification Study Resources:
The PNSO Professional Development Committee is building a nursing certification study-resource section in the Health Sciences Library, based on donations from nurses who have finished using their own certification materials. Please consider donating study materials!
Nursing Certification Opportunities:
Learn more about nursing certification opportunities at the American Nurses Credentialing Center website.
Please Help Improve Our Fund!
Funding Applicants are encouraged to submit feedback by sending this anonymous and confidential Evaluation Form to the PNSO Support Office, box 800135 (or via email attachment to PNSO@virginia.edu). [revised in 2005]
This Fund is supplemented through private donations
Make a tax-deductible contribution to the Fund. [revised in 2007]