Texas Nursing News
UTMB to Expand Nursing Simulation Center
The School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has received $500,000 to expand its nursing simulation center from the University of Texas System. The use of simulation in the education of nurses and other health care professionals is a way of managing increased enrollment during a time of faculty shortages. Because of the increasing number of students, the opportunity for actual clinical experience is reduced. The additional space will be used for pediatric, neonatal, infant, emergency, psychiatric and mental health simulations. The School of Nursing opened two redesigned nursing simulation laboratories in 2002, focusing on primary care and acute care. In 2006, the Hillcrest Birthing Suite was opened to provide students with simulated birthing experience. The funds are for equipment and renovations and are contingent upon recruitment of three new faculty members through the University of Texas System Enrich Nursing Through Exceptional Recruitment program.
Angelo State University Grant
The department of nursing at Angelo University has recently received a grant of $1.27 million dollars which will be spent on a new, innovative nursing program. The goal of this unique nursing program is to minimize tuition costs as well as lecture time spent on-campus for licensed vocational nurses pursuing registered nurse degree programs.
UTMB Hospitals Earn Magnet Status
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston achieved a milestone in nursing that puts it among the nation's elite hospitals. The hospital received Magnet Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) of the American Nurses Association. Only two percent of the 6,000 hospitals in the U.S. have received this recognition.
Texas A&M University - Second-Degree B.S.N.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi College of Nursing now offers a fast track B.S.N. degree - 18 months - in the Bryan College Station area.
University of Texas at Houston - New D.N.P. Program
The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston plans to launch a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program.
University of Houston - Victoria - RN to BSN Program
UHV offers a new RN to BSN program that requires students to be in the classroom only one day a week for one year.
Texas Tech University - Nursing Graduate Programs Rank Among Best
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing has ranked among the top nursing schools in the nation for the third year in a row in U.S. News & World Report's 2007 edition of America's best graduate schools.
Baptist School of Health Professions Nurse Aide Training Program
The Baptist School of Health Professions offers a nursing aide training and competency evaluation program. The nurse aide program prepares graduates to take the Nurses Aide Certification test.
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Research Project
A research project is under way at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to determine whether sharing nurse education resources will increase the capacity of schools of nursing to educate more students without increasing the number of faculty.
UTASON and UNT Health Science Center to Offer Joint Degree MSN/MPH
UT at Arlington School of Nursing has announced a 57-hour MSN/MPH joint degree program with the University of North Texas Health Science Center's School of Public Health.
Texas State University - New Nursing Program
Texas State University officials can all but touch the state money that would launch a nursing program on their Round Rock campus.
UT School of Nursing
The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston now ranks among the top five percent of all U.S. nursing schools, according to the 2008 edition of the U.S. News & World Report of the influential America's Best Graduate Schools guide. The School of Nursing moved up in the rankings to 19th from 29th among 395 master's programs surveyed. Its gerontological and geriatric nursing program is ranked No. 8 of the top 10 in this specialty. The school also earned the No. 2 spot in the Nursing-Anesthesia category for its U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing. The UT School of Nursing at Houston shared the same category as such renowned universities as Columbia University, the University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University and The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. The UT School of Nursing also has expanded its curriculum in significant ways. The Fall 2007 class became the first in Texas and one of only 11 in the country to work toward a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degree. This year, the school received more than 1,300 applications for just 170 spots entering the basic BSN and BSN accelerated programs. More than 750 students are currently enrolled in the school, instructed by about 75 full and part-time faculty members.
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