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SCHOOL OF NURSING
Brownsville Office:
Life and Health Science Bldg (LHSB) 2.720
956-882-5070
Fax: 956-882-6827
Edinburg Office:
Health Affairs Building East (EHABE) 2.201
956-665-3491
Fax: 956-665-5253
Education Verification Forms:
Graduate or DNP Program request to
Meagan Banks, BS
Program Coordinator-Student Services
956-665-3499
Undergraduate Program request to
Lourdes Sanchez, BAAS-IS
Program Coordinator-Student Services
956-882-5070
(Graduates must complete their section Of the form before submitting. Provide your UTRGV Student ID# in your email.)
General Information and Program Inquiries:
Maria Pilar Pedraza, BS
Administrative Assistant I SON Office
956-665-2194
Karina Gutierrez
Program Specialist-Student Services
956-882-5072
Carmen Vela, BS
Program Specialist-Student Services
956-665-2204
Graduate Programs:
MSN-FNP, Post Master's PMHNP and FNP
Certificates, MSN-Education, MSN-Administration and DNP
Meagan Banks, BS
Program Coordinator-Student Services
956-665-3499
Undergraduate Programs:
BSN Generic, 2nd Degree and RN to BSN
Lourdes Sanchez, BAAS-IS
Program Coordinator-Student Services
956-882-5070
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)
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