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Art talk seeks to bring ‘ReCollections’ to families living with dementia
Kathleen Schock doesn’t claim to be an art expert. But in her elegantly comfortable home filled with her sister-in-law’s artwork, she points out a favorite piece as it reflects the afternoon sun, changing at every angle. She recalled that four years ago, Jim, her husband of 51 years, was diagnosed with dementia. But like […]
UTPD officer improves diabetes with the Green Wellness Program: Plants-2-Plate
For many, the beginning of the new year brings renewed interest in prioritizing health and wellness. For Tom O’Rourke, public safety officer in the UT Police Department, the resolution to eat healthier is all the more important as he works to get his diabetes under control.
Be Well Texas, Hill Country MHDD Centers to offer substance use care for Uvalde residents
Be Well Texas, a statewide initiative of UT Health San Antonio, and Hill Country Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Centers entered into an agreement to provide substance use disorder treatment services to Uvalde residents. They will jointly provide on-demand, 24/7 access to a virtual-navigation hub for peer recovery support services, behavioral health screening, case management […]
Be Well Texas, Hill Country MHDD Centers offer substance use care for Uvalde residents
Be Well Texas, a statewide initiative of UT Health San Antonio, and Hill Country Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Centers entered into an agreement to provide substance use disorder treatment services to Uvalde residents. They will jointly provide on-demand, 24/7 access to a virtual-navigation hub for peer recovery support services, behavioral health screening, case […]
UT Health San Antonio’s Be Well Texas to expand opioid use disorder services to all of the state’s rural counties
UT Health San Antonio received a four-year, $2 million federal grant to expand its substance use disorder response program, Be Well Texas, to the state’s 178 rural counties with limited or no access to resources and support addressing opioid addiction. With the Health Resources and Services Administration grant, Be Well Texas will lead and assist […]
School of Nursing honored with international Healthy Work Environment Award
The School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has been named the recipient of a Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s 2023 Healthy Work Environment Award. Sigma’s two awards recognize and honor an academic setting and clinical facility that demonstrate a commitment […]
School of Nursing provides Narcan to Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar stopped by the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing on Oct. 27 to receive 96 doses of Narcan®, a nasal spray that can rescue individuals who have experienced accidental opioid poisoning. The School of Nursing provides training to first responders on the use of Narcan and has distributed […]
UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing receives $3 million federal grant to further boost Hispanic engagement
The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing has received a five-year, nearly $3 million Department of Education Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program grant to further boost Hispanic, low-income student engagement and wellness at a time of peak nursing demand.
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Jacqueline McGrath, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN receives UT Health San Antonio Administrative Leadership Award
Jacqueline McGrath, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN was nominated and selected by the UT Health San Antonio Faculty Senate as recipient of the 2022-2023 academic year Administrative Leadership Award. The award is given annually to a senior member of the administration for the purpose of providing recognition and a vote of confidence for their outstanding, long-term […]
Breslin to receive AACN’s Sister Bernadette Arminger Award
Former School of Nursing Dean Eileen Breslin, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive the Sister Bernadette Arminger award from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Oct. 24 at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The award honors nurse leaders who have made significant contributions to the AACN, its goals, nursing education and the advancement […]
Lixin (Lee) Song, PhD, RN, FAAN, joins the School of Nursing as vice dean of research and scholarship
Lixin (Lee) Song, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been appointed as vice dean of research and scholarship at the School of Nursing.
UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing’s undergraduate program ranks in top 5% on U.S. News & World Report list
UT Health San Antonio is ranked in the top 5% of undergraduate nursing programs nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Colleges rankings just released, and first in South Texas.
School of Nursing professor’s SUD research gives hope to women and their families
Lisa M. Cleveland, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, FAAN, professor in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, whose career began in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), had dreamed of becoming a nurse for […]
School of Nursing pioneers harm reduction in Bexar County
Loading her car full of medical supplies, flyers and Narcan, School of Nursing student Brieanna Flowers-Joseph, MSN, APRN, CPNP, works with the Street Medicine and Nursing teams to meet individuals where they are: under bridges, at pop-up tents along Zarzamora Street or in homeless encampments in downtown San Antonio.
Norma Martinez Rogers named an American Academy of Nursing ‘Living Legend’
Norma Martinez Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor emeritus in the School of Nursing, has been selected an American Academy of Nursing Living Legend. This highest honor of the academy will be presented Oct. 28 at the academy’s 2022 Health Policy Conference in Washington D.C.
Two faculty members named fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
A cardiovascular nurse researcher and the leader of the School of Nursing’s clinical enterprise will be inducted this fall as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Both are faculty members at UT Health San Antonio and are members of the 2022 class of 250 fellows — the AAN’s largest cohort ever.
UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing receives $4 million to expand foster care health services
Contact: Steven Lee, 210-450-3823, lees22@uthscsa.edu Contributed and written by Rosanne Fohn The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing has received $4 million to expand health care services to foster care youth and their families. The four-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant will fund access to community-based health care for foster care children and […]
School of Nursing receives $4 million to expand foster care health services
A four-year HRSA grant will fund access to community-based health care for foster care children and their families in 28 counties in Central Texas and the Hill Country.