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College of Nursing assists flu shot clinic

In a partnership with ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Student Health Services, the College of Nursing provided a free flu shot clinic in November.

Cesario elected to AWHONN Board of Directors

Sandra Cesario, PhD, MS, RNC, FAAN, a professor and PhD program director in the College of Nursing at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Houston, has been elected President-Elect of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) Board of Directors for 2021 and will assume the role of President on January 1, 2022.

Cheryl Thaxton (nursing, Dallas) has been selected to co-chair the Pediatric Palliative Care (PCC) Task Force, which was established by the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care.

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ alum showed focus, grace during pandemic’s peak at hospital

It is difficult to imagine a task more daunting than being the chief nursing officer at Houston’s Ben Taub Hospital. The 444-bed teaching hospital provides indigent care, includes an elite Level 1 trauma center and lies in the heart of Houston’s Texas Medical Center, the largest in the world. 

Nursing Faculty Recognized by National Institutes of Health

The , one of the , has recognized Dr. Jennifer Woo, an assistant professor in ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂ﯉۪s College of Nursing, as a 2020 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar.