Applications available for nursing scholarships

Applications are available for two $1,000 nursing scholarships sponsored by nursing textbook author and former Illinois Valley resident Sheila Sorrentino.

One of the scholarships is for a La Salle-Peru Township High School student who has a strong interest in pursuing a nursing career. Applications are available in the L-P guidance office and must be returned by Feb. 15.

The other scholarship is open to certified nursing assistants currently working at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru, St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley and Heritage Manor nursing home in Peru. To be eligible, a CNA must provide a letter of acceptance into a nursing program at a community college or four-year college or university. Applications for the CNA award will be available in the nursing office at each of the three healthcare providers after Jan. 1 and must be returned by mail postmarked no later than April 15.

Sorrentino is the author of “Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants” and other texts for nursing assistive personnel.

She is an L-P High graduate who now lives in Arizona.

While living in the Illinois Valley, she worked at IVCH, St. Margaret’s and Heritage Manor.

Source: News Tribune