Six UTA students are completing a 10 week summer residency program at the VA. They have been working with BSN-prepared RN preceptors and function at the novice level to deliver fundamental, knowledge-based nursing care to assigned veterans while developing technical competence, under the supervision of their RN preceptor. They have spent their summer working full-time providing care to the veterans capped by a presentation to nursing leadership on August 7th.

This is a great opportunity for our students to grow and gain confidence at the bedside.

Pictured in the back row are UTACON Faculty, Becky Baird; Students: Hannah McGuire, Katie Stringer, Kristi Rawleigh. Pictured in the front row are Students: Gabrielle Bohuchot, Maria Roybal, Harmony Kross and Alumna Kimmie Gross who is now working at VANTHCS.

This summer Dr. Mary Lou Bond and Dr. Kristina Ibitayo broke away from the usual course offering at the Universidad Internacional (organized by the Center for Hispanic Studies in Nursing and Health), to offer an opportunity for travelers to learn about gardening in Mexico.

Read more about it in the TCMGA newsletter (linked below) or contact mlbond@uta.edu. The next trip is scheduled for January 10-17, 2014.

The American Academy of Nursing has named Jennifer Gray, interim dean of the UT Arlington College of Nursing, as one of 172 nursing leaders to be inducted into its 2013 Class of Fellows.

Vistasp Karbhari, president of The University of Texas at Arlington stated: 'I commend Dean Gray and her colleagues for their exceptional dedication to meeting the national challenge of positively transforming health care through the education of nurses.'

Members of the 2013 Class of Fellows are to be officially inducted at the Academy of Nursing’s 40th annual meeting in October in Washington, D.C.

Virginia A. Lynch, MSN, RN, FAAFA, FAAN, and her work on the development of forensic nursing was featured in Advance for Nurses. Lynch is one of UT Arlington's Distinguished Alumni. Her book on forensic nursing is used in the UTACON Forensic Nursing elective.