Norton Scholars Program
Metropolitan College has a partnership with the Norton Scholars Program. If you have a question about the Norton Scholars Program, please contact a Metropolitan College Student Devleopment Coordinator or a CREW staff member. Additional resources for those pursuing a healthcare career can be found under our career links.
Norton Healthcare Scholars is a scholarship program available to students interested in pursuing designated healthcare careers with Norton Healthcare. Norton Healthcare includes seven hospitals, immediate care centers, and other healthcare facilities throughout Kentucky. In addition to tuition and eligible expense reimbursement, this program makes work and mentoring opportunities available in the student's chosen career field.
Application Process
Students interested in pursuing a healthcare career under the Norton Healthcare Scholars Program need to be accepted into a college or university before applying. Interested students must submit a completed Scholar packet which includes your official high school or college transcripts, official ACT scores (if applicable), two letters of recommendation, a typed letter of introduction, and the completed Scholar Application. After your application has been processed, the Norton Scholars Program will then contact students to schedule an interview.
Healthcare Careers
Accredited Records Technician (Medical Records Coder): Medical records technicians begin to assemble patients' health information by first making sure their initial medical charts are complete. They ensure all forms are completed and properly identified and signed and all necessary information is in the computer. Technicians assign a code to each diagnosis and procedure. They consult classification manuals and rely on their knowledge of disease processes. They also use computer programs to tabulate and analyze data to help improve patient care or control costs, for use in legal actions, or in response to surveys.
Licensed Practical Nurse: Licensed Practical Nurses are responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating patient care under the direction of a physician or registered nurse. Practical nurses must pass a licensing examination and have a working knowledge of nursing principles, anatomy, physiology, pediatrics, obstetrics and administration of medications.
Medical Lab Technician: Clinical laboratory personnel examine and analyze body fluids, tissues, and cells. They look for bacteria, parasites, and other microorganisms as well as analyze the chemical content of fluids, match blood for transfusions, and test for drug levels in the blood to show how a patient is responding to treatment. These technologists also prepare specimens for examination, count cells, and look for abnormal cells.
Medical Technologist: Medical Technologists perform laboratory analysis of blood and other biological specimens and are responsible for the management and supervision of clinical laboratories. They perform analyses and provide physicians with information to be used in diagnosis of disease, management of therapy, and maintenance of health in the following five major areas: blood banking, chemistry, hematology, immunology/serology and microbiology.
Pharmacist: Pharmacists in hospitals and clinics dispense medications and advise the medical staff on the selection and effects of drugs. They also assess, plan, and monitor drug regimens. They counsel patients on the use of drugs while in the hospital, and on their use at home when they are discharged. (Note: Pre-pharmacy courses are not covered in program)
Radiology Technologist: Radiographers produce x-ray films of parts of the human body for use in diagnosing medical problems. They prepare patients for radiologic examinations by explaining the procedure, assuring that the patient has been properly screened for the procedure, and positioning patient so that the parts of the body can be appropriately x-rayed.
Registered Nurse: Hospital nurses provide bedside nursing care and carry out medical regimens. They work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness. When providing direct patient care, they observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress; assist physicians during treatments and examinations; administer medications; and assist in covalescence and rehabilitation. Hospital nurses may also supervise licensed practical nurses and aides. They are usually assigned to one area such as surgery, maternity, pediatrics, emergency room, intensive care, or treatment of cancer patients in a variety of healthcare settings.
Registered Health Information Administrator (Medical Records): Registered Records Administrator has administrative duties and involves direct contact with the hospital's medical staff and administration. The RRC manages the facility's medical record/health information services, designs the patient information system, helps determine the flow of the medical information system, and determines what equipment will be budgeted and how many personnel will be needed to provide the services provided.
Respiratory Therapist: Respiratory Therapist treat all types of patients ranging from premature infants who lungs are not fully developed to elderly people whose lungs are diseased. These workers provide temporary relief to patents with chronic asthma or emphysema and emergency care for patients who have suffered heart failure or a stroke or are victims of drowning or shock. Respiratory therapists must commonly use oxygen or oxygen mixtures, chest physiotherapy, and aerosol medications as prescribed by a physician.
Surgical Technologist: During surgery, technologists pass instruments and other sterile supplies to surgeons and surgical assistants. They may hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. They help prepare, care for, and dispose of specimens taken for laboratory analysis and may help apply dressings.
Reimbursement
As a Norton Healthcare Scholar you are eligible for up to $6,000 per year in tuition and reimbursable expenses as follows:
- Up to $4,000 for tuition (all other scholarships and grants...pell grants, KEES money, etc..are used first, then Norton Scholar program pays for the remaining tuition).
- $1,250 Annually for housing, health insurance and other college related living expenses
- UP to $750 for books and software (does not include uniforms, equipment, stethoscopes, etc.)
Once you are accepted as a Norton Healthcare Scholar, you will sign a contract agreeing to work for Norton Healthcare after you graduate from college in your designated healthcare career. You agree to work one month of full-time employment for each $500 you receive in scholarship funds. ($500 X 12 months = $6,000 per year).
Norton Contact Information
Debra Rayman
Education and Development, Norton Healthcare
P.O. Box 35070
Louisville, KY 40232-5070
502-629-4955 (phone) 502-629-8621 (fax)
debra.rayman@nortonhealthcare.org
www.nortonhealthcare.com
