MinuteClinic and J&J Announce Up to $100K in Nursing Scholarships

This January, MinuteClinic is partnering with Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies to sponsor the “Together We Care™” Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program.

CVS/pharmacy customers can help raise money for the scholarships by purchasing select Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies products at any of the more than 7,000 CVS locations across the U.S. from Jan. 6 - 12. For each product purchased, Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies will donate 10 cents toward scholarships, up to $100,000. More information is available in CVS/pharmacy store circulars in most newspapers on Sunday, January 6.   

“As one of the nation’s largest employers of nurse practitioners, we know that these dedicated professionals will play an essential role in helping to address the nation’s primary care practitioner shortage and make high quality, convenient and affordable health care services more accessible to the American public,” said Paulette Thabault, Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer for MinuteClinic. “We’re thrilled to be working with Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies to create a scholarship program which will help more qualified individuals move forward in the nursing profession to become advanced practice providers.”

The MinuteClinic and Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies “Together We Care™” scholarships will be awarded this spring through The Foundation of the International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc (ISTS). There will be up to 30 scholarships worth $2,500 apiece awarded to nurse practitioners and up to five scholarships worth $5,000 each awarded to doctor of nursing practice students. The funds will be eligible to cover tuition, books and academic fees for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Scholarship applications will be accepted from January 6 to May 1, 2013 at www.minuteclinic.com/scholarship. Applicants must be legal U.S. residents enrolled in nationally accredited nurse practitioner master’s or doctor’s programs. To be eligible, students must be in programs leading to licensure as an APRN with a Family Nurse Practitioner specialty or other special interest in community or public health. High academic performance and strong community involvement will be taken into account.