title: AORN Foundation shares results of scholarship recipient survey.
abstract: SINCE 1992, the AORN Foundation has been awarding scholarships to provide AORN members with funding to attain their education goals. THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM addresses the daunting challenges facing perioperative nurses, including the perioperative nursing shortage, the aging perioperative workforce, lack of tuition funding from hospitals, and the need for perioperative nurses with a bachelor's or higher degree. IN THE SPRING OF 2004, the AORN Scholarship Committee surveyed scholarship recipients to assess the program's effectiveness in meeting these challenges. THIS ARTICLE provides information about the scholarship program, summarizes the survey results, and discusses the effectiveness of the scholarship program.
authors.affiliation: AORN Foundation, USA.
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chappy
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Durgin
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003625:Data Collection; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005582:Foundations; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States