Top Stories A UH nursing professor observes her students as they learn to administer medications through a patient’s IV. In just over a year since its move to the University of Houston System’s flagship university, UH’s nursing school has reached its number-one strategic goal on its ambitious timeline. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board acknowledged the completion of criteria for reclassifying the school, which officially became the UH College of Nursing March 2. A name-change reception will be held tomorrow. “This change comes at a wonderful time in the history of the University of Houston,” said Kathryn Tart, founding dean of the now College of Nursing. “We’re delighted to be part of this story, helping the UH Health initiative grow and, in particular, becoming part of its mission to serve the community, because that’s what nursing is all about.” Reclassifying the school to a college opens the door for providing opportunities for endowed scholarships, professorships and chairs, as well as naming opportunities for the college. It also will help better promote graduate programs in nursing education, with plans to move into doctoral education with Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Already offering a number of degree options, UH’s nursing program offers degrees to suit all career levels, from freshly minted nurses to experienced nurses wishing to expand upon their training by securing additional degrees. Of particular importance in today’s health care climate is the college’s Second Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. In its report on the future of nursing, the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued a call to action for 80 percent of nurses to have a BSN degree or higher by year 2020, as well as doubling the number of nurses holding doctoral degrees. “This has been one of the driving ...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
UH College of Nursing Reaches its Number-one Strategic Goal Ahead of Schedule
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