Dr. Fauci will be joining us via webinar on March 4, 2025, from 12-1p. The event titled: Leading with Vision and Passion: Dr. Anthony Fauci on Global Health and Leadership Development will be in the form of a fireside chat format with interdisciplinary questions being posed by students and faculty across campus. The CON Leadership [...]
The College of Nursing Spring Open House will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm in Houston. Attendees will learn about the history and scope of our university and its admissions requirements, financial aid programs, and scholarship opportunities. Before a tour of the facility, attendees will meet the dean, faculty, and students as they share motivational guidance, their nursing experiences, and "life nuggets" for a positive transition to nursing. As future health professionals, students will receive an overview of “Wellness in Houston,” emphasizing that a healthy lifestyle is a daily choice. Information from the Office of Pre-Nursing Advising and Nursing Admissions will guide potential students to successfully apply to Upper Division Clinical Studies in the Texas Medical Center.
In conjunction with the State Fair Classic, coordinated by Dr. Agatha Ampaire, Career Coach from the Center for Careers and Professional Development, nursing, health, public health, and social work students participated in a career tour at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. This tour marks the fourth year of the partnership with the hospital. Prairie View Nursing Alums, other professionals, and hospital executives shared their experiences and career development at the hospital and gave "insider" job search tips.
The purpose of the College of Nursing is to prepare beginning professionals as nurse generalists (BSN); and graduate prepared nurses with an area of specialization(MSN) and/or a doctoral prepared (DNP) expert clinical practice scholar, all of whom have foundations for continuing personal, professional, and educational growth. To assist in this goal, the College of Nursing partners with over 200 healthcare entities (hospitals, clinics, schools, senior-living facilities [...]
The CON is partnering with the March of Dimes, in their annual Houston Walk for Babies on May 5, 2024, to raise funds for maternal child health. See the attached flyer. It is often said that a measure of a great society is the care and well-being of mothers and babies. Although maternal and child [...]
Please join the College of Nursing Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in the College of Nursing Auditorium located at 6436 Fannin Street Houston, Texas for our Inaugural Nursing Leadership Lecture Series title: Health Care, Education & Stakeholders: Views from Diverse Nurse Leaders. Each semester the CON will invite Nurse Leaders to share their perspective on issues that impact the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities as well as support our vision of reducing the social determinants of health and improve health equity for all. The CON Nursing Leadership lecture is open to PVAMU CON students, staff, faculty, alumni, preceptors, the larger PVAMU community as well as members of the Texas Medical Center Community and those practitioners and scholars unaffiliated with PVAMU. Click on the link on the attached flyer or scan to QR Code By March 29, 2024 (seats are limited.)
We should address nurse turnover mitigation strategies as we continue to share the impact and benefits of professional partnerships across academia and practice. Most documented reasons for nursing turnover include not feeling appreciated, long shifts, poor orientation leading to lack of competence, and negative workplace culture. Unfortunately, many novice nurses do not stay in their [...]
Effective immediately, the Prairie View College of Nursing is requiring The ATI Test of Academic Skills (TEAS). This standardized test is designed specifically to assess a student's preparedness for entering the health science field. Questions are designed to test basic academic skills. Applicants must pass the pre-nursing entrance exam (TEAS) within two attempts. Complete five sections: Reading [...]
Spring 2024 Open House Prairie View A&M University will host its Spring 2024 Open House Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in the College of Nursing Auditorium from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for potential students and current students to meet and greet faculty and staff, tour the College of Nursing, and [...]
Sharisse A. Hebert, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC from Prairie View A&M College of Nursing and Amanda Garey, Ph.D., RN, NPDA-BC, EBP-C from University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing, lead a collaborative discussion that showcases various approaches to aid in building academic clinical partnerships through DNP/Ph.D.
