University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston (School of Nursing)

Established in 1972, The University of Texas School of Nursing at Houston is ranked in the top ten percent of nursing schools in the country. Our campus is located in the Texas Medical Center, and School of Nursing students enjoy the resources of a distinguished Health Science Center combined with the expertise of the world's largest medical center. Our school offers a broad range of course work resulting in BSN, MSN, or DSN degrees. We also provide a wide variety of settings in which students and faculty can study, conduct research, and participate in clinical practice. The School of Nursing is one of six academic units of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The other units, in chronological order of establishment, are: Dental Branch (1905), Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1963), School of Public Health (1967), Medical School (1970), and School of Health Information Sciences (2000). The School of Nursing offers an undergraduate program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a graduate program leading to the degrees of Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Science in Nursing. PROGRAMS The Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing program is designed for students who wish to enter the profession of nursing and for nurses who have earned an associate degree or diploma in nursing and desire to obtain the baccalaureate degree. The Master of Science in Nursing program has 11 clinical specialty tracks with various role options and 2 concentration tracks in Nursing Leadership and Administration in Health Services and Clinical Research Management. The eleven clinical specialty tracks are: Acute Care Nursing, Adult Health, Emergency Care Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, Gerontological Nursing, Neonatal Nursing, Nurse Anesthesia, Oncology Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Psychiatric-Mental Health Care Nursing, and Women's Health Care Nursing. Role options include: administration, clinical nurse specialist, education, and nurse practitioner. In addition we offer a coordinated MSN/MPH degree program with the School of Public Health. The Doctor of Science in Nursing program is designed to produce faculty scholars and clinicians who will develop, test, and implement innovations in health care delivery and will be prepared to teach the next generation of nurses in advanced practice. The DSN curriculum is organized around a multidimensional framework which recognizes the scholarship of discovery, application, integration, and teaching (Boyer, 1990). The curriculum also focuses on three levels of prevention, i.e., primary, secondary, and tertiary. This dimension of the framework is consistent with the philosophy of the School of Nursing which states that nursing is committed to health promotion, prevention and early detection of disease, restoration of wellness, continuing care for persons with chronic illnesses, and rehabilitation services. The research focus of the program is health care interventions and outcomes. The School of Nursing and School of Public Health offer a coordinated MSN/MPH program that allows students to earn both degrees while simultaneously enrolled in both schools. The program offers courses that help prepare advanced practice public health nurses for leadership positions in public, community and occupational health. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston offers a masters of science in nursing degree program in nurse anesthesia to Army nurses in cooperation with the Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. The students in this program attend classes at the Academy of Health Sciences and perform their clinical courses at major Army medical centers. They must meet the same requirements for admission, progression, and graduation as the students enrolled in the anesthesia program on campus in Houston. Today, the School of Nursing takes great pride in the quality and variety of educational experiences it is able to offer its graduate and undergraduate students. The central location, in the midst of The Texas Medical Center, allows the students to observe and participate in providing high quality health care with the latest technological advances. At the same time, concentrated efforts are made to avoid the depersonalization often inherent in technology in a health science center. Therefore, much emphasis is placed on individualized, humanistic care. PHILOSOPHY The philosophy of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing reflects the beliefs of the faculty and supports the mission of the school. The coordinated efforts of the undergraduate and graduate programs contribute to the education, research, care of individuals and population, community service and development purposes of the university to advance professional nursing. The faculty believe that people, health and nursing are interrelated and exist in a dynamic global environment. People are viewed as holistic beings with inherent dignity and worth who participate as actively as they are able in decisions that affect their state of health. These decisions are influenced by individual values, beliefs and perceptions as well as ethical, legal, cultural, social, political, and economic forces.

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School name: University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston (School of Nursing)
Address: 6901 Bertner
Zip & city: TX 77030 Houston
Phone: (713) 500-2000
Web: http://son.uth.tmc.edu/
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