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The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing graduate and Visiting Professor Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, is one of this year’s honorees of the Living Legend award.

In this episode, Jacki Hecht, RN, MSN, Managing Director of the AMEN program at the UT Austin School of Nursing talks about the unique stressors that arise around the holidays.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing will be having an on-site accreditation review of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program, Post-Graduate APRN Certificate program, and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.

Moms know best, and Emily Slaughter’s mom is no exception. The summer following Emily’s freshman year in high school, her mom announced, “You have to get out of the house. You have to work or volunteer — something!”

When Christina Schulte worked as a neuroscience researcher she could often go eight hours a day without speaking to another person, which was one reason she decided bench science wasn’t for her and decided to explore a career in nursing.

At the UT Austin School of Nursing, we enjoy a good celebration, and this year we have good reason to celebrate. It’s the 20th anniversary of the St. David’s Foundation Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (CHPR) and the 5th anniversary of the Center for Health Equity Research (HER).

The UT Austin School of Nursing and Division of Campus and Community Engagement (DCCE) are partnering with the City of Austin, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, and Rehoboth Baptist Church on a new initiative to support the mental and physical health of African American residents.

Carolyn Phillips, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCNP, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholar and new UT Austin alumna, is currently researching professional grief, the impact on the caregiver and care-receiver, and interventions to help health care professionals process the grief and suffering they see in their work in order to address burnout and compassion fatigue.

Keela Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN, Kelting professor in nursing and associate dean for faculty at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, is the recipient of the 2019 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award.