Contact Us
SCHOOL OF NURSING
Alma Castillo
Program Coordinator-Student Services
Undergraduate Programs: BSN Generic, 2nd degree BSN, and RN to BSN
alma.castillo@utrgv.edu
956-665-7082
EHABE 2.170 (Edinburg campus)
Administrative Assistant I SON Office
maria.pedraza@utrgv.edu
Main Office: 956-665-3491
EHABE 2.201 (Edinburg Campus)
Lourdes Sanchez, BAAS-IS
Program Coordinator-Student Services
Undergraduate Programs: BSN Generic, 2nd degree BSN, and RN to BSN
lourdes.sanchez@utrgv.edu
956-882-5070
BLHSB 1.604 (Brownsville campus)
Carmen Vela, BS
Program Specialist-Student Services
carmen.vela@utrgv.edu
956-665-2204
EHABE 2.170 (Edinburg campus)
Fax: 956-665-5253 (Edinburg campus)
956-882-6827 (Brownsville campus)
Graduate Nursing Programs
The School of Nursing Graduate Programs are designed to prepare nurses to use an expanded skill, theory, research, and knowledge base in advanced roles within various settings. The programs emphasize preparation of students to meet the dynamic needs of the international, multicultural, and multilingual society in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.
Graduate program outcomes:
- Function as a scholar with critical thinking skills supported by theories from the behavioral, physical, and nursing sciences.
- Demonstrate organizational and systems leadership in the application of client care interventions incorporating informatics and health care technology to improve population health care outcomes
- Collaborate as a member of an interprofessional health care team to advocate for safe and effective client care being cognizant of cultural, societal, economic, political , ethical, and legal issues.
- Promote quality improvement in the provision of culturally competent care to diverse populations through integration of health policy, planned programs, education and advocacy.
- Integrate scholarship and research into masters-level practice that is grounded in the sciences and humanities.
UTRGV SON offers the following graduate programs:
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Nursing Administration
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Nursing Education
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Family Nurse Practitioner
- Post-Master's Nurse Practitioner Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health
- The Post Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
- Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)