Four Prairie View A&M students receive nursing scholarships HOUSTON – June 9, 2009 – At a luncheon last week at the Junior League of Houston, the Healthcare & Nursing Education Foundation (HNEF) awarded academic scholarships to four Prairie View A&M students dedicated to pursuing a nursing career. Scholarships were awarded according to academics, leadership ability, community involvement, financial need and commitment to pursuing a professional nursing career in the Houston area. Scholarship recipients receive up [...]

Courtney Armstrong probably would not have earned the nickname of the “Leech Whisperer” or “Leech Wrangler” if it weren’t for her Professional Student Nurse Externship at MD Anderson this summer. Going into her final year of a bachelor’s program at Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing after a 10-week rotation on an inpatient floor dedicated to patients who had delicate head and neck, as well as reconstructive surgeries, Armstrong is convinced she made the [...]

Prairie View Student Nursing Association (PVSNA), is a student nursing association dedicated to promoting professionalism and leadership for today’s students. We are one to the largest student nursing associations in the state of Texas, consisting of two chapters: One on the main campus (link to the main campus website) in Prairie View, Texas and our Chapter at the College Of Nursing in the Texas Medical Center. Welcome to the PVSNA where membership has its privileges.