Nurse Corps loan repayment hospitals in Tennessee

Of the hospitals hiring on this site, 5 are in Tennessee counties HRSA designates a shortage area as a whole, the highest scores first: Hancock County Hospital in Sneedville (a primary care HPSA (score 17)), Saint Thomas Hickman Hospital in Centerville (a primary care HPSA (score 13)), Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma in Gallatin (a mental health HPSA (score 11)) and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital in Lebanon (a mental health HPSA (score 11)).

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.

Ballad Health (2), Ascension (1), LifePoint Health (1) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1). Each opens its open jobs. A nurse applies to HRSA, which decides each award.