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  • Aggies In The Amazon

    A team of nursing professors and students traveled to Quillabamba, Peru to provide health care services and supplies. (Texas A&M College of Nursing) By Christina Lynne Davies, Texas A&M University College of Nursing Highlights A team of nursing professors and students led traveled to Quillabamba, Peru to provide health…

  • Texas A&M Forensic Nursing Receives $1.47 Million Grant To Recruit, Train Nurses

    By Diane Oswald, Texas A&M University College of Nursing Highlights The grant will allow Texas A&M recruit and train to become certified adult sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) Sexual assault nurse examiners are needed to treat patients in underserved and rural areas in Texas SANEs learn how to…

  • You Don’t Have To Look Far To Find Human Trafficking Victims

    A training program for flight attendants at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, drawing attention to sex trafficking. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) By Laurie Charles, Texas A&M University College of Nursing, for The Conversation Many people think that human trafficking means kidnapping and moving victims across state or national borders. After working…

  • Texas A&M Nursing Graduate Reflects On Las Vegas Shooting

    (Texas A&M University Health Science Center) By Tamim Choudhury, Texas A&M University Health Science Center On October 1, 2017, one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history took place in Las Vegas, as a lone gunman opened fire on a crowd at an outdoor country music festival. As…

  • Texas A&M University Announces Dean Of Nursing

    Nancy Fahrenwald will assume her duties as dean of the College of Nursing June 1.  By Texas A&M University Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President Texas A&M University has appointed Nancy Fahrenwald, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, FAAN, as professor and dean of the College of Nursing, effective June 1.

  • Texas’ Alarming Maternal Mortality Rate: What Texas A&M Is Doing To Make A Difference

    By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center There have been a number of stories in the media recently about women dying or nearly dying during pregnancy or shortly postpartum. Once thought of as a largely historical issue, or one that only affected women in…

  • The Long Journey: From Patient To Nurse

    Mason Hatch was inspired to treat patients after overcoming his own health obstacles. By Diane L. Oswald, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Mason Hatch has traveled much further than the 143 miles his odometer measured from his hometown of Warren, Texas, to Texas A&M College of Nursing in Bryan-College Station.

  • Can ‘Music Therapy’ Actually Improve Your Health?

    By Dominic Hernandez, Texas A&M University Health Science Center There is not enough time in a day to talk about all of the goodness that music can bring. In fact, Ludwig van Beethoven may have said it best when he wrote, “Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual…

  • Ph.D. Design Student Creating Conceptual Residential Facility To Improve Seniors’ Wellness

    By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture A Texas A&M doctoral student’s concepts for a senior residential facility that encourages resident’s physical activity, lowers their risk of disability and increases their social engagement, earned her a $10,000 grant from the American Institute of Architects. The funds were…

  • Texas A&M Nursing Program Ranked No. 1 In State

    By Diane L. Oswald, Texas A&M University Health Science Center The Texas A&M College of Nursing recently received recognition from two different organizations naming the college as one of the top nursing schools in the state. The Texas A&M College of Nursing was ranked the #1 nursing program…