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Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Rhode Island

3 Rhode Island hospitals of 3 employers hiring on this site are in counties HRSA designates a primary care or mental health shortage area as a whole. A registered nurse working full time at a facility located in a HPSA can apply for HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program: 60% of qualifying nursing loans repaid for two years of service, 25% more for a third.

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Employers hiring
60%
Of nursing loans repaid for two years
25% more for a third

Rhode Island hospitals hiring in shortage counties

Highest HPSA score first. Each employer opens its open jobs.

Hospitals hiring in shortage counties in Rhode Island
HospitalEmployerPrimary care HPSA scoreMental health HPSA score
South County Hospital IncWakefield · 4 Medicare starsSouth County HospitalNot designated10
Westerly HospitalWesterly · 4 Medicare starsYale New Haven HealthNot designated10
Newport HospitalNewport · 4 Medicare starsBrown University HealthNot designated8

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Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Rhode Island: common questions

Which hospitals in Rhode Island are in Nurse Corps shortage areas?

Of the hospitals hiring on this site, 3 are in Rhode Island counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole, the highest scores first: South County Hospital Inc in Wakefield (a mental health HPSA (score 10)), Westerly Hospital in Westerly (a mental health HPSA (score 10)) and Newport Hospital in Newport (a mental health HPSA (score 8)).

What is Nurse Corps loan repayment, and which hospitals count?

HRSA's Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program repays 60% of a registered nurse's outstanding qualifying nursing education loans over two years of full-time service at a Critical Shortage Facility, and an additional 25% for an optional third year (HRSA; 42 U.S.C. 297n). A Critical Shortage Facility is, in HRSA's words, "a public or private health care facility located in, designated as, or serving a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA)", a primary care or mental health one. Awards are competitive: HRSA gives preference by financial need, the nurse's specialty or type of facility, and the HPSA score.

Which employers run them?

South County Hospital (1), Yale New Haven Health (1) and Brown University Health (1). Each opens its open jobs. A nurse applies to HRSA, which decides each award.

Nurse Corps shortage area hospitals in other states

Each state's hospitals hiring in counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole.

Sources and method

A hospital is listed when its county, as Medicare records it, is a primary care or mental health HPSA that HRSA designates as a whole county. Shortage areas drawn by census tract or population group, and facilities designated or serving a HPSA, are not placed here, so a Rhode Island hospital missing here can still count. Every state.

  1. Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
  2. 42 U.S.C. 297n, Nurse Corps loan repayment
  3. Health Resources and Services Administration, HPSA designations (primary care and mental health), 9 Nov 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Rhode Island. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/nurse-corps-loan-repayment-hospitals/rhode-island

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