I am involved in both undergraduate and graduate teaching. I have taught Health Assessment on both the graduate and undergraduate level, as well as a number of clinical settings. I am a strong believer in being a student advocate, and allowing the student to recognize that "we" will conquer the material as a team. I also strongly believe that nursing education should not be an onerous task, but rather one that can be filled with humor, empathy and wonder.
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Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
2001 | PhD | Nursing | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
1992 | MS | Nursing | George Mason University Fairfax , VA |
1981 | BS | Nursing | George Mason University Fairfax , VA |
1975 | BA | History | Colorado State University Fort Collins , CO |
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- Present | Promoted to Associate Professor, clinical | The University of Texas Health Science Center |
9/2011 - Present | Associate Professor / Clinical | Univeristy of Texas Health San Antonio, School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX |
5/2006 - Present | Appointed to Graduate Faculty | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Nursing |
1/2004 - Present | Assistant Professor/Clinical | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Nursing |
Dr. McGowan has been involved in - quantitative research involving the interventions in smoking in Mexican American women in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Dr. McGowan completed her dissertation "Structured Modeling of Variables associated with smoking in Mexican-American women" in 2001. Her clinical and teaching area is critical care, emergency nursing and health promotion. |
Emergency and Trauma Education Program - Co-ordinator of Emergency and Trauma Education Program grant for Bexar County. This position requires coordination of nursing graduate students to increase expertise in the ongoing care of trauma patients in Bexar county. |
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Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
1/2013 - Present | Nsg Clt Acute/Min Prob | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 97 students |