Nursing school offers high school students hands-on experience

 

A Chicago-area nursing school operates a program that introduces high school students to the rigors of the career, according to a published report.

One such student, Rachel Trevino of Chicago, partook in the Navigate to Nursing scholarship program, which offers as much as $8,500 in aid at Chamberlain College of Nursing in the village of Downers Grove, ARA reports. More colloquially known as "N2N", the program enables qualified high school students to begin earning credits for college.

Trevino since has advanced: she now is concentrating on nursing jobs germane to labor and delivery.

"Chamberlain's Navigate to Nursing scholarship program helped me transition from high school to college level courses and assignments," Trevino told the news source. "I always intended to pursue nursing as a career, but getting a head start in high school eased my nerves about attending college and gave me the confidence to be an active participant in a more advanced college environment."

The school was first established in 1889 and it advanced from awarding a diploma in nursing to both associate's and bachelor's degrees in nursing, according to the school's website.