Support Our School -School of Nursing
“I am truly thrilled about the opportunities that lie ahead for this Health Science Center, and as it relates to nursing, the opportunities are endless.
Each day we live and practice the science and art of nursing through faculty and students engaging in clinical practice, studying healthcare problems, proposing solutions, and connecting with the community, people and families. The outreach that is provided by this school and the experiences available to our students are due in large part because of the generosity of our alumni and friends. Their passion for education and commitment to the nursing profession directly impacts the future of our students and the quality of healthcare we provide. Your scholarships, faculty endowments, and annual fund gifts ensure that individuals with the aspiration and dedication to become nurses are given the opportunity to receive the best education possible. I offer a very hearty thank you for your commitment to our students and the health of nursing.
Together we will dedicate ourselves to making lives better.”
Eileen Breslin, PhD, RN
Dean, School of Nursing
School of Nursing Development Staff
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Ashley Lowe | Email Director of Development, (210) 567-5313 |
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Deya Villarreal | Email Development Assistant, (210) 567-3833 |
Education
Clinical Skills Lab
- A contemporary clinical skills lab equipped with state of the art simulated technology to prepare our students to practice in today’s complex critical care hospitals.
- Nursing Leadership for the Work Environments of Tomorrow
- During a time when the nursing shortage is escalating, we plan to educate the future nursing leaders in “Magnet-Like Work Environments” so that they may be the role models of tomorrow.
- Teaching and Research Scholars Program
- America will need 1,200,000 nurses by 2014 — nurses trained to deliver high-quality, science-based care. This program is a designed to grow our future educators and researchers by developing a mentoring relationship between faculty, students and collaborating partners. Students at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral) will be provided with exposure to and exploration of knowledge building through research.
Research
- Cancer Survivorship: Nurses focus on the person and not just the disease.
- Through collaboration with our health science center cancer researchers at the medical and graduate schools, the school of nursing is driven to articulate the concerns of cancer survivors and develop interventions to improve the quality of their survivorship.
- Health Disparities and Health Promotion
- The school of nursing is striving to be the model for the integration of health promotion, research, education and practice. Our nurse faculty research is focused on rural, at-risk and/or underserved populations of women, children, families, and elderly populations. We are conducting research that addresses the reduction of health disparities through health promotion and health restoration by developing culturally appropriate research methods for addressing the impending chronic illnesses this population may face.
- Nursing Workforce Health
- The “collision between two simultaneous forces of increasing nurse retirements and increasing demand for nursing services to care for an aging population. Our faculty are working with both local and national healthcare facilities on addressing this issue by focusing on the current work environment, the impact of technology, and the inter-personal relationships of nurses with colleagues, supervisors, and the public.
Scholarship
- One of our biggest concerns is the level of indebtedness incurred by our nursing students. Our focus is finding innovative ways of financing their tuition so nursing graduates do not come out of nursing school with the burden of scholastic debt.
- Undergraduate Nursing Scholarships
- Graduate Nursing Scholarships
- Doctoral Nursing Scholarship
Community Outreach
- Last year, our undergraduate and graduate nursing students provided over $6 million of uncompensated health care services to over 100,000 people in the San Antonio area. By providing this outreach, our students are gaining the skills that they need to be the best and the brightest while educating a population in need of their services.
- In 2007, we began a collaboration with a local daycare facility to provide much needed care to the children at Avance, Inc. It is the hope of the school that the services provided to these children, by our faculty and students, will be expanded upon in order to meet the needs of the entire family.