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Teaching and testing PT virtually becomes a family affair
5/13/20
As part of their education, Texas Woman’s physical therapy students need to learn and be tested on their skills before they can work hands-on with patients in clinics. The coronavirus pandemic cut that experience short for students this semester, but they still were able to stay on track thanks to the open-mindedness of Houston professor Carolyn Da Silva, P.T., D.Sc., and her husband’s willingness to help.
TWU expands program that streamlines path to nursing degree
5/12/20
Texas Woman’s University is expanding an innovative nursing program that provides a direct path through the nursing ranks under a partnership with Alvin Community College in Houston, decreasing costs and shortening the time to a bachelor’s degree.
Nursing student finds career close to heart
5/4/20
Texas Woman’s nursing student Nimreh Warsi can vividly recall the day her father had a heart attack.
Nursing students find reward in COVID-19 response
5/4/20
The phone call Douglas Schwartz took from the frantic woman earlier this spring was unsettling to say the least. The woman had lost a portion of a lung to a previous disease, was startled by symptoms she was experiencing as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading, and she was caring for six children.
Tuong-Vi Ho, PhD: A leader in the Vietnamese community
2/28/20
It was a mere week before Operation Frequent Wind, the final evacuation from Saigon, South Vietnam, in 1975. Someone looked at her and said, “We are evacuating. Would you like to go?”