Patient Care
Alumni Respond Across the U.S. To COVID-19 Health Crisis
June 29, 2020
In health care settings across the country, School of Nursing alumni are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. These innovative, caring nurses are helping to prevent spreading of the virus, caring for those hospitalized, and providing solace to those dying.
Graduates Help Create COVID-19 Unit for Veterans’ Hospital
June 29, 2020
Graduates of the School of Nursing worked together to help create the COVID-19 Unit at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in San Antonio, where they are providing care for COVID-positive veterans.
Casa Mia Provides Hope to Mothers, Their Babies
June 29, 2020
The School of Nursing is helping mothers in recovery from opioid use disorders by allowing them to keep their children. Casa Mia follows a social recovery-housing model.
Academic Partnerships Beneficial to Everyone
June 26, 2020
The school continues to strengthen partnerships with Methodist Healthcare System and the South Texas Veterans Hospital System. These partnerships enhance education, provide well-prepared employees, and improve patient care.
Maternal-Child Expert Named Nurse Imagemaker
June 26, 2020
Susan McDonald, Ph.D., APRN, CPNP-PC, assistant professor/clinical, was named a 2019 South Texas Nurse Imagemaker by the Delta Alpha-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Global Nursing Excellence and District 8, Texas Nurses Association.
50 Years of Excellence in Care and Community Engagement
July 24, 2019
The School of Nursing is dedicated to promoting health. This mission is carried out through patient care and community engagement in San Antonio, South Texas and beyond.
50th Anniversary Timeline
July 24, 2019
50th Anniversary Timeline for the School of Nursing at UT Health San Antonio
New Research Center Using Smart, Connected Technology
July 24, 2019
Research To Improve Care of Elderly, Adults with Chronic Diseases As the School of Nursing celebrates its 50th anniversary, a new technology-based research center is poised to improve patients’ overall health and well-being through the use of smart and connected electronic devices. Jing Wang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.N., RN, FAAN, arrived on campus May 2018 to […]
Faculty, Students Provide Care after Harvey
May 4, 2018
Hurricane Harvey made landfall the evening of Aug. 25, 2017, near Rockport, where maximum sustained winds were 130 miles per hour. The Category 4 hurricane left in its wake massive destruction of homes and buildings in this small coastal town and the surrounding areas.
Understanding Social Determinants of Health: Promoting Health at Community Clinics
May 4, 2018
As health care in the United States moves from hospital-based treat and release to patient-centered wellness care, the School of Nursing at UT Health San Antonio is strengthening community clinic partnerships and reemphasizing the impact social and behavioral determinants of health have on individuals in vulnerable populations.
Understanding Social Determinants of Health: San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic
May 4, 2018
UT Health San Antonio operates the San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic (SARHC) in partnership with the Center for Refugee Services of San Antonio, a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the wellness, self-sufficiency and successful community integration of resettled refugees and their families.
Understanding Social Determinants of Health: Healy-Murphy Center
May 4, 2018
The Healy-Murphy Center is a non-profit organization providing teens an alternative route to high school diplomas with an individualized curriculum, counseling, childcare and health services.