FEATURE
Making dreams come true through
nursing scholarships
Th e A d va n c i n g N u r s i n g
Excellence (ANE) scholarship program
provides salary stipends for current Baylor
Scott & White Health – North Texas
employees who want to fulfill dreams of
becoming baccalaureate-prepared registered nurses or further their nursing skills
through advanced degrees. This program
provides an answer for the challenge these
hardworking, ambitious individuals face:
they can’t afford to quit working full-time
to pu r s u e a d d it ion a l e duc at ion
opportunities.
“This scholarship program allows Baylor
to continue to invest in one of the most
important assets we have, our nurses,” said
Remy Tolentino, MSN, R.N., NEA-BC,
vice president of Baylor’s Nursing
Workforce and Leadership Development.
Since the program’s inception in 2009, 51
employee scholars have completed their
degrees.
In order to receive an “Excelling in
Nursing Services” designation by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC), a large percentage of highly-educated registered nurses on full-time staff
is required. Studies show that increasing
the number of bachelor-degreed nurses by
just 10 percent can improve patient outcomes and decrease mortality rates.
In 2013, Baylor University Medical
Center at Dallas received recertification of
its Magnet Award for “Excellence in Nursing
Services” from the ANCC. Baylor Dallas
joins a small group of fewer than 2 percent
Dear Mr. Clark,
Thanks to you, my dream came true! I want you to know that without your help I
could not make it. Without your generosity, I could not study for nursing school and work
full time with a family to take care of. This scholarship allowed me to work part time
and still receive my full time salary and full benefits!
I am very happy in my career and personal life. I became a nurse in May 2014 and since
then I work in the surgery department at Baylor Grapevine. This past August, after 6
years, I finally had the opportunity to go visit my family in Brazil and for that too, I give
thanks to you.
You are part of my daily prayers and there are no words to describe how much I am
blessed you gave me the opportunity to succeed in life and provide my family a better future.
Your support to this scholarship program changes lives! I am a proof of this support!
Respectfully,
Ana Wilson
of hospitals nationwide to achieve the re-designation. Baylor Scott & White Health –
North Texas is home to six Magnet®designated hospitals, the highest level of
recognition a hospital can receive for nursing. For patients, this means their care is provided by nursing staff that truly exemplifies
excellence in nursing.
In January 2016, Baylor Scott & White
Health nurse leaders, former ANE scholars, and donors and supporters of the program honored recently graduated ANE
scholars for their hard work, dedication and
achievements and celebrated 10 newly
selected ANE scholars for 2016. In turn,
the scholars were able to share their personal appreciation for those who made
achievement of their nursing degrees possible. One ANE scholar graduate put it best
in a letter she recently sent her donor, pictured above.
Due to generous donor support, the number of
scholarships to nursing scholars through this
program has grown each year. For more
information on how you can support an ANE
scholar, contact Cynthia Krause at
214.820.7928 or Cynthia.Krause@
BSWHealth.org.
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