Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship

The National Code of Ethics for Nurses states that a nurse, in all professional relationships, will practice with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or nature of health problems. The Code continues to say that a nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of every patient under the nurse's care.

Barbara Forfar or "Foof" as she was called by her fellow nurses in the operating room, not only abided by these ethics and responsibilities throughout her 44 years of nursing service, but was dedicated and passionate about all of them, every single minute of every single day she was on duty. "Foof" left us on January 15, 2011. She will be greatly missed by her family, her friends and by everyone in the medical profession who has ever worked alongside her.

To honor her memory and her dedication to the nursing profession, her family has established the Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship.

In cooperation with the Ocean Medical Center Foundation, the scholarship fund will provide financial assistance to individuals looking to advance their formal education in the field of nursing.

SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS

Barbara Forfar or Foof as she was called by her fellow nurses and other colleagues in the operating room at the Ocean Medical Center, not only adhered to these ethics and responsibilities throughout her forty-four years of nursing service, but was dedicated and passionate about all of them, every single minute of every single day while she was on duty. “Foof” passed away on January 15, 2011. She will be greatly missed by her family, her friends and by everyone in the medical profession who has ever worked alongside her.

To honor her memory and dedication to the nursing profession, her family, in connection with the Ocean Medical Center Foundation, has established the Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship Fund.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To qualify for the  Barbara Forfar Nursing Scholarship, the applicant must be an employee or nursing student at Ocean Medical Center and must be enrolled in an RN program, an upper division program (RN to BSN) or an advanced degree program (MSN, PhD) in nursing.

All Ocean Medical Center nurses and nursing students from all OMC practice areas are invited to apply but special consideration will be given to those applicants having an interest in operating room practices, procedures, techniques and technology and those nurses who are on the CARE program.

This scholarship must be used to supplement tuition, fees, lab costs, books or educational supply expenses.