The Victorian government is offering to pay for the degrees of more than 10,000 nursing and midwifery students as part of a $270 million initiative to help boost staffing across the state’s strained health system. springst victoria
The Victorian government is offering to pay for the degrees of more than 10,000 nursing and midwifery students as part of a $270 million initiative to help boost staffing across the state’s strained health system.
Scholarships will also be provided to 150 postgraduate midwifery students, to assist them to continue working as nurses while they study. Under the plan, further scholarships will be provided for enrolled nurses to become registered nurses, with funding available for post-graduate nurses to start speciality studies in areas such as intensive care, emergency, paediatrics and cancer care.
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