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Effective Teams Lead to Improved Health Care Outcomes
During the 2023 Premier Green Honors Chair lecture, Eduardo Salas, Ph.D. expresses that effective teams require defined goals and purpose; role clarity, timely and efficient communication; and a supportive leader set the foundation for effective teamwork.
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All Glory to the Flu Clinic
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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Legislative Advocacy Drives Change for Nursing Profession at Texas DNP Conference
TCU Nursing hosted the third annual Texas Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Conference this summer.
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Emma Joy '21 Puts Her Nursing Training Into Practice as a Chicago NICU Nurse
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.
![Katie Seliga, TCU Nursing DNP-FNP student.](/stories/2023/images/katie-seliga.jpg)
Harris Frog Blog: Graduate Nursing
I graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from TCU in December 2019. However, before graduating with my BSN, I knew I would return to TCU for my Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)! I had such a great undergraduate experience with the undergraduate faculty and knew I would have the same experience in graduate school.
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4 Students Receive First-ever Britton-Evetts Scholarship Award in Nursing
Each year, the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) Mary Isham Keith Chapter (MIK) in Fort Worth awards a scholarship to a student in good academic standing chosen by TCU Nursing faculty.
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TCU Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Receives Top 100 Ranking
The results are in! The U.S. News & World Report has ranked TCU #43 Best Graduate School for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.
![Abell-Hanger Professor of Gerontological Nursing Dr. Dennis Cheek presents the DAISY in Training Award™ to TCU Nursing senior Geo Martinez](/stories/2023/images/geo-martinez-award-768x512.jpg)
TCU Presents Winner of the DAISY in Training Award(TM)
TCU Nursing senior Geo Martinez was nominated by Abell-Hanger Professor of Gerontological Nursing Dennis Cheek, Ph.D., for his action in helping another TCU student with a hypoglycemic episode, and adjunct professor Haley Trainer, MSN, RN, nominated him for his work in the labor and delivery (L&D) clinical rotation at Texas Health Resources in Fort Worth.
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SAGE Advice: Students Collaborate and Learn in Interprofessional Program
SAGE is part of TCU’s Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice Initiative, IPREP. This is a unique opportunity for collaboration between students from various backgrounds and disciplines to create solutions for healthier communities and safer health care systems.