Terms Used In Missouri Laws 335.230

  • Practical nursing: the performance for compensation of selected acts for the promotion of health and in the care of persons who are ill, injured, or experiencing alterations in normal health processes. See Missouri Laws 335.016
  • Professional nursing: the performance for compensation of any act which requires substantial specialized education, judgment and skill based on knowledge and application of principles derived from the biological, physical, social and nursing sciences, including, but not limited to:

    (a) Responsibility for the teaching of health care and the prevention of illness to the patient and his or her family. See Missouri Laws 335.016

Financial assistance to any qualified applicant shall not exceed ten thousand dollars for each academic year for a professional nursing program and shall not exceed five thousand dollars for each academic year for a practical nursing program. All financial assistance shall be made from funds credited to the professional and practical nursing student loan and nurse loan repayment fund. A qualified applicant may receive financial assistance for each academic year he remains a student in good standing at a participating school.

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