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Fort Worth-area senior citizens participating in Texas Dance, a pilot program designed to assess heart rate through dancing.
Diversity-Equity-Inclusion / Community Outreach / Research / Nursing

Health Literacy: A Catalyst for Change

Posted on Feb. 06, 2024, by Liliana Green

Carol Howe studies racial disparities, diabetes and children. Black, Hispanic and Native American populations suffer significantly higher rates of diabetes than do white people.

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Nursing

Horned Frogs in the News: Nursing Alum Establishes Beacon of Holistic Health

Posted on Jan. 23, 2024, by Liliana Green

TCU Nursing alum Julie Kennedy ’99, (’03 MBA, ’22 DNP), APRN, FNP-C stands as the visionary force behind Seed Wellness Co., a thriving health and wellness establishment in Fort Worth.

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Nursing

TCU Nurse Camp Returns with Two Sessions

Posted on Jan. 17, 2024, by Liliana Green

Harris College’s Discover TCU Nursing summer camp returns offering two sessions. This camp is open to high school juniors and seniors who are interested in learning what a career in nursing is really like. Campers also see what being a student at TCU could be like through its residential experience – an opportunity to live on-campus for five days.

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TCU nursing students in lab
Nursing

Unique Course Makes Semester-Long Debut this Spring

Posted on Dec. 07, 2023, by Liliana Green

This spring, Harris College seized a unique opportunity to form a collaborative partnership with Baylor Scott & White hospitals, Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington, uniting their efforts to revive the pre-pandemic “Perioperative Nursing” course through an intensive Maymester session.

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Left to right: Associate Dean for Nursing & Nurse Anesthesia Suzy Lockwood, Ph.D; Director of Graduate Nursing Kimberly Posey, Ph.D., active military member and TCU Nursing student Hope Whitsitt, Mayor of Fort Worth Mattie Parker, and other TCU Nursing students attend the proclamation ceremony at City Hall on Nov. 14 in support of Nurse Practitioner Week.
Nursing

City of Fort Worth Recognizes Nurse Practitioner Week With Proclamation

Posted on Nov. 14, 2023, by Liliana Green

The City of Fort Worth recognized TCU Nursing’s nurse practitioner (NP) program with a proclamation in support of National Nurse Practitioner Week.

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Carol Howe
Community Outreach / Nursing / Diversity-Equity-Inclusion / Research

Meet Carol Howe, the Paula R. and Ronald C. Parker Endowed Professor

Posted on Nov. 09, 2023, by Liliana Green

Carol Howe, Ph.D., RN, CDCES, FAAN, director of nursing research and scholarship at TCU, was named the inaugural Paula R. and Ronald C. Parker Endowed Professor.

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TCU Nursing senior practices administering the flu vaccine on another student in preparation for the upcoming flu clinic event.
Nursing / Community Outreach

All Glory to the Flu Clinic

Posted on Sep. 27, 2023, by Liliana Green

An event that began with only 500 administered vaccines in 2009, has now grown into a mass-immunization event with the support of numerous community partners

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Texas Doctor of Nursing Practice Conference attendees listening to a speaker
Nursing / Community Outreach

Legislative Advocacy Drives Change for Nursing Profession at Texas DNP Conference

Posted on Aug. 30, 2023, by Liliana Green

TCU Nursing hosted the third annual Texas Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Conference this summer.

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Emma Joy, nurse, posing at Northwestern Memorial Hospital room
Nursing

Emma Joy '21 Puts Her Nursing Training Into Practice as a Chicago NICU Nurse

Posted on Jul. 19, 2023, by Liliana Green

Emma Joy ’21 earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Harris College and now cares for premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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