Nursing Students Urged to Apply for Tricia’s Scholarship

VNA-BLUEThe Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County and the family of Tricia Marie Simpson Russell, a nurse at the VNA until her death, established Tricia’s Scholarship in 2008 to assist individual nursing students to advance their education. The $2,000 scholarship will be awarded at the VNA’s Annual Dinner Meeting in February 2014.

According to her friends and co-workers, Tricia was a wonderful role model for new nurses and was the first to volunteer for projects at the VNA to help improve the quality and continuity of patient care. Tricia's parents say that she was determined to be a nurse from the time she was a small child and nothing was more important to her than being a good nurse and a mother to her two sons.

Applicants for Tricia’s Scholarship must be residents of northwest Indiana and able to provide evidence of application to or current enrollment in a nursing program.

Applications may be obtained at the VNA office, 2401 Valley Drive, Valparaiso, or online at www.vnaportercounty.org. Applications are due to the Visiting Nurse Association by February 1, 2014. For information call 219-531-8078.