ScienceDirect: Therapeutic Communication . . . or Lack Thereof
Keeya Lewis, DNP, MSNEd, RN, is a clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing at Prairie View A&M University in Houston, TX.
Assistant professor receives American Association of Colleges of Nursing fellowship
Michelle DeBose, Ph.D., MSN, MSEd, CNEcl, assistant professor in the Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing, has been selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s 2022-2023 cohort of Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing Program. The ELAN fellowship is designed to further develop and enhance leadership skills in academic leaders in baccalaureate and graduate [...]
CON faculty, students participate in AWHONN 5k for National Nurses Week
A small group of #PVAMU College of Nursing faculty participated in the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses’ 5k this morning for #NationalNursesWeek! “I believe it’s vitally important to participate in giving programs like these because the maternal morbidity and mortality rates for African American and Hispanic women are high. African American [...]
PV Grads: Mr. College of Nursing has one goal and five job offers to help get him there
Jared Fremin knows what it’s like to be the last line of defense. A former defensive back at McMurry University, Fremin transferred to Prairie View A&M University in the fall of 2019 to join the university’s nursing program. Since then, he has served as a mentor for his peers and a supporter of their mental [...]
Opinion| A salute to our unsung heroes during National Nurses Week
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak a global pandemic, and our world view of health forever changed. Suddenly, a large spotlight was shown on health care and the hard work of individuals working in the health care system, including nurses. Night after night, the media highlighted sick [...]
Decades of Compassion Unleashed: 100 years later, PVAMU’s College of Nursing remains a bastion of hope
Nadia Harris stands behind a table in the parking lot of the Welcome Center at Prairie View A&M University dressed in crisp purple and white scrubs and in PPE that consists of a face mask, face shield and shoe covers—a familiar sight these days. With a deep breath, she surveys the carefully labeled COVID-19 vaccines [...]
CON Family Nurse Practitioner students attend Pri-Med Southwest – Primary Care CME/CE Conference & Expo
Dr. Gloria Rose, director of the Graduate Program in Prairie View A&M University’s College of Nursing, along with a group of graduate students in PVAMU’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program, attended the Pri-Med Southwest Conference at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston April 5-7. According to the Pri-Med website, the medical education company is [...]
Nursing alumna elected to Texas Nurse Practitioners Board of Directors
Texas Nurse Practitioners recently named Prairie View A&M University Alumna Lutricia Harrison ’95, ’04 to the TNP board of directors, which serves more than 27,000 nurse practitioners across Texas. Dr. Harrison, who graduated from PVAMU in 1995 with a BSN and in 2004 with an MSN, has worked as a family nurse practitioner for 17 years.
Professor aims to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in underserved communities
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing (CON) students have played a significant role in the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. With a recent Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Texas Department of State Health Services award of $132,609, Clinical Assistant Professor Antonea’ Jackson, Ph.D., RN, CNE, aims to further increase COVID-19 vaccination rates, this [...]
Recent PVAMU graduate powers through obstacles to achieve dream of working in nursing
Prairie View A&M University alumna Ilene Robbins ’21 knew it was her destiny to become a nurse. From a young age, she watched nurses care for her aunt and knew she wanted to enter the healing profession. The road to graduation ended up being a far tougher path than she imagined, including the challenge of [...]