Graduating senior Morgan Redd entered Prairie View A&M University’s College of Nursing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have discouraged a less-determined future nurse. Redd, however, seized the learning opportunities. “I chose PVAMU because I knew that PVAMU’s College of Nursing is the best college in Texas for nursing education,” she said.
Author(s): Gay L. Goss, PhD, APRN-BC, WHNP; Beth M. Kelsey, EdD, APRN, WHNP, FAANP; Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FNAP; Allyssa L. Harris, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC; Shelagh B. Larson, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, NCMP; and Jennie Mastroianni, DNP, WHNP-BC, NCMP
American history celebrates Mary Eliza Mahoney as the first Black woman to become a licensed nurse in the US. Mahoney, the daughter of former slaves, was initially prohibited from attaining a formal nursing education. She worked in the New England Hospital for Women and Children for 15 years as a cook, janitor, washerwoman and eventually [...]
Growing up as the youngest of three, I watched my older siblings attend and graduate from Prairie View A&M University. They have moved on and now have fulfilling lives. Although I was accepted to various colleges across Texas, seeing the traditions, unity, and creativity that thrives within Prairie View ultimately drew me towards choosing PV [...]
Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing Dean Allyssa L. Harris held her second luncheon meeting of the 2022 fall semester with Pre-Nursing students (first- and second-year students) in May Hall on the Main Campus Tuesday, Nov. 15. More than 80 students registered to attend the meeting. Four winners of the “Why Nursing” essay contest [...]
Keeya Lewis, DNP, MSNEd, RN, is a clinical assistant professor in the College of Nursing at Prairie View A&M University in Houston, TX.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]