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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The following 62 candidates for graduation have successfully met (PASSED) the course requirement, College of Nursing Comprehensive Examination, Fall 2021. Generics Undergraduate Program (NURS) 1. Akunne, Ijeoma Ukamaka 2. Aranguiz, Constanza Ximena 3. Babatunde, Oyindamola Racheal 4. Beeler, Kelsey Rose 5. Bendy, Cyne BriAnn 6. Browne, Alexander Charles 7. Bui, Mary T 8. Burns, Breonna 9. Campbell, Natalie Rena 10. Cantrell, Nyah K [...]
While working through the rigors of a college degree, majors often shift, and students’ career goals can change as often as the name of their favorite artist. But not Jaelyn Lee, a Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society member at Prairie View A&M University. She knew from the start of her college career she wanted to [...]
Allyssa L. Harris, RN, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, Prairie View A&M University’s new dean of the College of Nursing, says she always “wanted to be someone helping someone else.” As of this month, she’s landed in a new role at PVAMU that will, once again, allow her to do just that. Harris joins the College of Nursing’s work in [...]
On Friday, Prairie View A&M University welcomed Allyssa L. Harris, the new dean of the College of Nursing. Dr. Harris brings to her new role 27 years of professional clinical practice and higher education teaching, research and administrative experience.
Less than a year after its formal launch, the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Healthy Houston Initiative (HHI) has unveiled its new mobile kitchen unit that will soon travel around the Houston area serving various communities.