Prairie View A&M University is known as an institution that “Produces Productive People.” The College of Nursing has produced many distinguished graduates who have received local, regional, and national recognition for their accomplishments as professional nurses. The exemplary performance of Prairie View A&M College of Nursing graduates has earned them positions in many capacities to include staff nurses, inventors, occupational health nurses, researchers, tenured professors, schools of nursing administrators, entrepreneurs, and CEOs of major companies, to name a few. For example, the first male graduate of Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing developed and patented the “3C Tracheotomy and Nasal Suctioning Kit” which is used in medical centers throughout the nation and other countries. Another graduate was the first nurse to serve as President and CEO of one of the largest county hospital districts in the South. Still other graduates have served as directors of school health and city health departments. The current president of the National Black Nurses Association is a graduate of Prairie View A&M College of Nursing.
