Archive for February 9, 2010
Top Ten College Scholarships For Nursing Majors
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As America’s population continues to age and demand for sophisticated medicine grows, the medical field is expected to expand accordingly. This is good news for the student who is pursuing a nursing degree, particularly for those planning to become a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner.
College costs for nursing majors continues to increase sharply as most medical centers require that job candidates have completed a bachelor degree program with some giving added weight to nurses who have completed schooling through the master’s level. Unlike many other students, nursing majors have additional costs to cover including lab fees, uniforms and related program expenses.
While some students choose to start their education at a community college, many nursing majors prefer to begin and end their studies at the same university. To help students pay for their education, the following top college scholarships are geared toward enabling future nurses to reach their goals:
1. CHANCES Scholarship Program – Designed for students choosing a career in pediatric nursing, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHANCES) is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2010-2011 academic year until May 1, 2010. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 or better and have already been accepted into a nursing school. Recipients will receive tuition equivalent assistance for $16,000 per academic year, for up to two years. In exchange for the award, scholars will be committed to work as a Registered Nurse for CHANCES for 18 months for each academic year of support received.
2. Clinique Nursing Scholarship – Skin care specialist Clinique generously supports the nursing profession through its comprehensive nursing scholarship program. Demonstrable financial need and a GPA of at least 3.5 are needed in order to qualify.
3. C. R. Bard Foundation Nursing Scholarship – As one of the largest suppliers of healthcare products and services, C.R. Bard awards $2500 scholarships to qualifying students each academic year.
4. Elks National Foundation – Awarding as many as 500 college scholarships annually, the Elks National foundation dispenses awards ranging from $1000 to $15,000. Open to high school seniors, applications are accepted beginning in September and are due by March 1st. Applicants compete against other students to determine their prize and award.
5. ENA Foundation Scholarship Program – ENA Foundation scholarships are intended for currently licensed nurses (RN, LPN, or LVN) who are pursuing their undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees.
6. Genesis Health Services Gala Nursing Scholarship – B.S.N. students who attend school in the Quad City area of Iowa can apply for scholarships from Genesis Health Services. Information is posted to their website in mid-January with applications due by early March.
7. March of Dimes – Designed to assist students who are already Registered Nurses (RN), the March of Dimes awards several $5000 scholarships annually to those RNs enrolled in graduate programs of maternal-child nursing. Applications are accepted in the fall and are due by the following January 15th with awards announced in May.
8. National Student Nurses Association (FNSNA) – For undergraduate students, the application for scholarships administered by (FNSNA) is now available for the upcoming academic year. Scores of recipients are named each year with more than $150,000 awarded in some years.
9. The Eight and Forty Lung and Respiratory Disease Nursing Scholarship Fund – For current Registered Nurses seeking advanced preparation leading to supervisory, administrative or teaching opportunities. This American Legion scholarship opportunity award is worth $3000 each.
10. U.S. Air Force ROTC Nursing Scholarships – The United States Air Force awards nursing scholarships in exchange for national service. Candidates must be a sophomore or junior, majoring in Nursing at an NLN or CCNE accredited college or university. Recipients can have up to $18,000 in college costs and $900 in textbooks covered annually.
Many of the listed scholarship programs update their information in the fall or early winter for the upcoming academic year. Visit each site to learn when awards are announced and how much money recipients received in order to gauge current scholarship trends.
Source: grants, scholarships
The Role of Accountants & Your Small Business
PRUDENT ACCOUNTANTS
By Getachew Teklu
In the American business landscape and more powerful and accessible information technology has changed the role and importance of the small business accountant.
Why do you need an accountant? Some small businesses deal with a bookkeeper – someone to do the tedious task of recording financial information and cranking that data into the necessary formats, like Profit and Loss statements and tax forms.
But a good small business accountant does much more than just record transactions and passively generates documents-they actively analyze, interpret and convert that data into actionable business intelligence.
Based on where you want to do with your business, they should able to tell you how to get there. If your accountant is just showing you the financial tracks of where you have been, you’ve made a bad choice and you’re missing out on a great opportunity to receive good business advice.
To be sure, today’s small business accountant offers more than crunched numbers. They will be your primary resource for:
- Tax Planning. Beyond simply preparing tax forms, an accountants involved in business planning throughout the year. They should be able to regularly tell the business so it functions with peak tax efficiency.
- Business Consulting. A good accountant should be able to help your business grow. Talented small business accountants function as a trusted general business consultant, assessing business problems and offering specific solutions. They offer advice on internal controls, risk management, lease versus buy decisions, inventory strategy, pricing, and even marketing. In short, an accounting professional who really understands your business from the inside out should be a trusted business advisor who is highly motivated to see you succeed.
- Personal Finance Advice. A good small business accountant understands that your personal finances are integrable linked to your business finances. They view the two holistically and offer advice on both fronts. For example, while serving as your small business accountant, they might offer retirement planning advice and estate planning advice that is ancillary to your small business activities but that will ultimately leave you in a stronger financial position.
- Technology Know-How. Computing technology has dramatically improved small business capabilities as powerful business software is no longer only for corporations and the Internet provides a level of access to knowledge, customers and suppliers hardly dreamed of even ten years ago. A good accountant must — must! — Absolutely be proficient in applying the fantastic and inexpensive information technology that turns business data into strategic intelligence. They need to be very familiar with leading small business management software packages from leading vendors like MYOB, Intuit and Peachtree.
- Networking. While the strength of an accountant is still what they know, a mark of a successful pro is also who they know. Your accountant should be a good source of referrals as they should now precisely each of their clients’ strengths and needs. Need to get a loan for your small business? Your accountant maybe able to introduce you to the right banker.
Questions to Ask Your Prospective Accountant in Twin cities area visit: Prudent Accountants, Inc. 1935 County road B2 West, Suite 50, Roseville, MN 55113 or visit www.prudentaccountants.com or Call Rai M. Mahboob at 612-605-3178
Toyota- The End of Loyal customers
TOYOTA
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp will recall around 436,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including the 2010 Prius model, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.
Toyota formally issued a recall filing of 223,068 cars in Japan across four hybrid models — the newest Prius model, the Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid), the SAI and the Lexus HS250h.
Of those, 199,666 are the Prius, Japan’s top-selling car in 2009 and the world’s most popular hybrid model.
Outside Japan, Toyota will recall about 213,000 hybrid cars, including about 150,000 in North America, the document, which has not been made public, showed.
Japan’s transport ministry said Toyota President Akio Toyoda would meet with Minister Seiji Maehara at 5:30 p.m. (0830 GMT), when he is expected to apologize for a series of recalls spanning the globe.
(Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo)
