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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

They say it’s all in a day’s work. TCU alum and Cook Children’s Medical Center Sarah Patzke Shaabani, ’14, RN was one of 25 medical professionals who recently helped perform the delicate operation of separating conjoined twins, a first for the Fort Worth pediatric hospital.

The “Public Health School Nurse Workforce Initiative” course within TCU Nursing takes a service-learning approach where students learn skills from experienced Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD (EMSISD) mentor nurses and, in turn, the students provide a sought-after and meaningful skill-based experience to EMSISD nurses.