The Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital

The Scholarship Committee of The Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital is accepting applications for nursing school tuition assistance.

Criteria for selection include all of the following:

· Residence or work in Loudoun County

· Enrollment in an accredited school of nursing. If not currently enrolled in a school of nursing, an acceptance letter is required.

· Completion of one semester (nine credits) of nursing school or 30 undergraduate college credits. Funds are not available for prerequisite classes.

· Academic performance: students must have at least a 3.0 cumulative average (or its equivalent). A transcript is required with the school’s name and applicant’s name.

Students may be awarded only two consecutive Ladies Board scholarships.

Scholarship application forms are available at Riverside Gift Shop at Inova Loudoun Hospital, the office at Loudoun Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Leesburg, Twice Is Nice Thrift Shop in Leesburg and online at ladiesboard.org/scholarships. Application deadline is Tuesday, April 9, 2022. No application will be considered if postmarked later than April 9, 2022. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The Ladies Board scholarship program was established in 1959 to award supplemental funds to worthy nursing students, and since that time The Ladies Board has offered over 1,200 scholarships, totaling over $2,000,000. Riverside Gift Shop at Inova Loudoun Hospital, Twice Is Nice Thrift Shop in Leesburg, the Lights of Love remembrance program and the Annual Ladies Board Rummage Sale raise funds for this important project. In 2021, $62,000 was awarded to 29 students. Scholarships ranged from $1,000 to $2,500.

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The Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote good will between the community and the hospital, and to raise funds for patient services, nursing education and hospital projects.

About Inova Loudoun Hospital
Founded in 1912, Inova Loudoun Hospital is a 311-bed nationally recognized hospital committed to providing comprehensive, compassionate care for the entire family. Inova Loudoun Hospital is ranked among the top hospitals in the country for nursing excellence, emergency care services, and patient safety. Inova Loudoun Hospital is also a Joint Commission Center of Excellence for Hip and Knee Replacement, Spinal Surgery, and Stroke Care.

Inova Loudoun Hospital offers family-centered care with its children’s emergency room, children’s inpatient unit, NICU, and hospital-based natural birth center and is home to Loudoun County’s only designated trauma center. Inova Loudoun Hospital’s two additional 24/7 free-standing emergency rooms (ERs), located in Ashburn and Leesburg, are Joint Commission Certified Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals (ASRH).