Okmulgee, Okla.- The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN) Employment and Training Administration will be offering classroom training for the Registered Nurse (R.N.) Program. This program is for the CORE nursing classes at the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology (OSU-IT) in Okmulgee. The program will help cover tuition and book assistance for students. Applications will open on Mar. 1- June 1.
The program has limited assistance per semester. Approved applicants can receive up to $1,500 for tuition and $400 for the books, however funding covers four semesters. There is a one time limited assistance for the uniform, class equipment, National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) and Grad/Clinical screening expenses and a $300 per month allowance.
To be eligible for this program you must be a Mvskoke citizen, reside within the Muscogee Reservation and must be enrolled in nine credit hours of CORE Nursing classes at OSU-IT. Eligible participants must maintain a 2.5 GPA to participate in the program.
MCN Career Specialist Cara Alexander (Mvskoke) spoke about the benefits and how it impacts the citizens.
“The health field is hard to stick with. I feel like with us funding them and helping them more with this program, it gives them a little bit more encouragement to want to do it and then us backing them up with it,” Alexander said.
As of December there were ten Mvskoke citizens in the R.N.program.
Alexander spoke about the many benefits to going through the program.
“The stipends, and allowances help out a lot because it goes to the student,” Alexander said “That helps them if they end up needing any more class equipment or their scrubs.”
“We do give them up to $400 for scrubs but I feel like this monthly allowance kind of helps them out more.”
She also would like to include that besides their program there also is MCN Higher Education which provides a tribal grant and tribal incentive grants, a two part application for the students, as well as other grants that may be available. Another objective of the program is helping the students with other educational services and resources.
For more information about MCN classroom training R.N. program, you can contact them at 918-732-7773.
