San Antonio Express-News: North East ISD to provide Narcan, overdose treatment, to all schools in effort to fight fentanyl
March 8, 2023
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Students learn compassionate care through street nursing
March 2, 2023
A single event in 2010 changed the country of Haiti. The same event — a magnitude 7.0 earthquake — also changed the way a UT Health San Antonio nurse views homelessness. Like many health care professionals, Diana Cavazos, PhD, MSN, MHSA, RN, then a school nurse in Puerto Rico, felt compelled to join a nonprofit […]
School of Nursing to pilot learning strategies to build leadership, resilience
February 7, 2023
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has selected the School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) to participate in a national initiative to give new nurses strong skills in leadership, resilience, self-care and well-being. The School of Nursing is one of 10 nursing […]
UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing Vice Dean receives UT System STARs award
February 2, 2023
Lixin (Lee) Song, PhD, RN, FAAN, vice dean of research and scholarship at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) School of Nursing, has received a Translational Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) award in the amount of $600,000 to renovate space to leverage her ongoing research […]
Art talk seeks to bring ‘ReCollections’ to families living with dementia
January 11, 2023
Kathleen Schock doesn’t claim to be an art expert. But in her elegantly comfortable home filled with her sister-in-law’s artwork, she points out a favorite piece as it reflects the afternoon sun, changing at every angle. She recalled that four years ago, Jim, her husband of 51 years, was diagnosed with dementia. But like […]
UTPD officer improves diabetes with the Green Wellness Program: Plants-2-Plate
January 9, 2023
For many, the beginning of the new year brings renewed interest in prioritizing health and wellness. For Tom O’Rourke, public safety officer in the UT Police Department, the resolution to eat healthier is all the more important as he works to get his diabetes under control.
