UH offers first nursing doctoral degree program to address primary care provider shortage
UofH offers first doctoral degree program in nursing
The University of Houston is now offering the first doctoral degree program in nursing to address the shortage of primary care providers.
HOUSTON - Nurses are the number one trusted profession in the United States according to the Gallup Polls, said Dr. Kathryn Tart founding Dean and professor at the University of Houston’s nursing program.
America’s love of nurses has grown even deeper with the pandemic.
These brave men and women put their own health on the line daily and are seeing patients die more frequently.
Job offers of up to $12,000 a week lure Houston nurses to COVID-19 hot spots
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Darrelyn Mathieu, patient care assistant, enters a patient s room in the cardiovascular acute care unit, at Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston. Texas hospitals, already facing an increase in patients brought by the pandemic, is dealing with poached nurses. Seven months after hospitals competed for ventilators, personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test, nurses have become the hot commodity, desperately needed around the country.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Darrelyn Mathieu, patient care assistant, provides care for a patient in the cardiovascular acute care unit, at Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston. Texas hospitals, already facing an increase in patients brought by the pandemic, is dealing with poached n