Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
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Chandice Covington, Ph.D., Interim Dean Nursing Program Offices | 2B-164 HSC Undergraduate Program | T 800.493.3954 Graduate Program |
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About the School
The Anita Thigpen Perry (ATP) School of Nursing is located in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), which is a legally separate institution from Texas Tech University. The ATP School of Nursing offers the following degrees:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Doctorate of Nursing Practice
The ATP School of Nursing is an integral part of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and is committed to improving the availability and quality of nursing care. The ultimate goal of the ATP School of Nursing is to prepare nurses who will develop into leaders for the future as they provide competent, compassionate patient care in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Essential to the attainment of this goal is the development of interdisciplinary approaches created when nursing, medicine, allied health, and pharmacy work together. The faculty and staff of the ATP School of Nursing are committed to excellence in nursing education, research, practice, and service.
The ATP School of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree for students who are not licensed as registered nurses and an online RN to B.S.N. degree completion program for students who are licensed as registered nurses. The school also offers an online second degree accelerated B.S.N. program. This program is designed for students with baccalaureate degrees in non-nursing fields, targeting students from both the Austin/Hill Country and West Texas regions. The program goals are to prepare graduates to provide and direct care to individuals, f
amilies, and communities with complex healthcare needs in structured and unstructured settings, to prepare graduates with a professional commitment to nursing excellence for present and emerging healthcare arenas and to provide a foundation for future graduate education in nursing.
The school offers the Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) degree with a focus on the following specialties: education, administration, family nurse practitioner, acute care nurse practitioner, pediatric nurse practitioner, and geriatric nurse practitioner. The online RN–M.S.N. and B.S.N.–M.S.N. program focuses on the rural nurse educator educator and is designed as a “bridge” program for registered nurses with an associate degree or diploma in nursing to move directly from bachelor’s level courses to master’s level courses and graduate with the M.S.N. degree. At the doctoral level, the school offers the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degree with a focus on advanced practice nursing and executive leadership for nurse administrators. The Ph.D. in nursing is offered as a collaborative program with Texas Woman’s University College of Nursing.
Program Accreditation: The ATP School of Nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). For questions about accreditation of the School of Nursing program. contact the CCNE at One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 530, Washington, DC, 202.887.6791, www.aacn.nche.edu. Additionally, the School of Nursing is accredited by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON). For questions about accreditation of the School of Nursing program, contact the BON at 333 Guadalupe #3-460, Austin, Texas 78701, 512.305.7400.
Pre-Nursing Course Requirements for All Undergraduate B.S.N. Tracks
and Graduate RN-M.S.N. Track
- Pass/fail grades are not accepted for credit toward degree requirements.
- Applicants may choose to request that grades given more than 10 years ago for all non-nursing courses should not be considered in the GPA for admission. If this option is selected, those credits excluded are not eligible for prerequisite course consideration. The applicant must have at least 34 credit hours within the past 10 years to use this option.
- Courses taken at Texas Tech University or any other college/university are not used in calculating the TTUHSC grade point average once a student has been admitted to the School of Nursing. However, all grades earned at all schools attended are calculated in the admission grade point average. The quality points and semester credit hours used to calculate the cumulative grade point average for admission to the School of Nursing are taken from the official transcripts submitted during the application process.
- The ATP School of Nursing accepts courses completed via classroom, internet, correspondence, CLEP (College Level Examination Program), or advanced placement examination for which credit has been awarded and posted on an official transcript from an accredited college or university when determining completion of prerequisite non-nursing course requirements.
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Course Descriptions
For all courses offered in the ATP School of Nursing, the list of nursing courses is organized by course number, using the credit hour as the unit of measure and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Credit/Contact Hour (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Workforce Education Course Manual, Chapter Four, Page 9, Table 4-2. Credit/Contact Hour Combinations for SCH/WECM and Local Need Courses) criteria as follows:
- One credit hour per course represents 16-48 contact hours per semester
- 0-1 lecture/didactic hours per week and
- 0-3 lab contact hours per week
- Two credit hour course represents 32-80 contact hours per semester
- 0-2 lecture/didactic contact hours per week and
- 0-4 lab contact hours per week
- Three credit hour course represents 48-96 contact hours per semester
- 2-3 lecture/didactic contact hours per week and
- 0-4 lab contact hours per week
- Four credit hour course represents 80-128 contact hours per semester
- 2-3 lecture/didactic contact hours per week and
- 2-6 lab contact hours per week
- Five credit hour course represents 96-144 contact hours per semester
- 3-5 lecture/didactic contact hours per week and
- 0-6 lab contact hours per week
Click here to see a list of courses in nursing (NURS)
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Faculty
Click here to view alphabetical listing of all TTU faculty and their academic credentials.
Regional Dean: Myrna L. Armstrong, Ed.D.
Medical Center Hospital Regional Dean Endowed Chair: Sharon Cannon, Ed.D.
Associate Dean for Practice and Research Program: Christina Esperat, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Outcomes Management and Evaluation: Yondell Masten, Ph.D.
CH Foundation Professor: Esperat
Garrison Professor: Owen
Horn Professor: Ketner
UMC Health System Endowed Chair for Patient Safety: Hicks
Professors: Allen, Armstrong, Boswell, Cannon, Covington, Decker, Fenton, Green, Harmon, Hicks, Marriott, Masten, McBride, Saunders, Valadez, Yoder-Wise
Associate Professors: Andersen, Ashcraft, Cherry, Cookman, Dadich, Gabbert, Gary, Lujan, Mahoney, Merrill, V. Miller, Rogge, Sridaromont, Varnell, Weiss, Young
Assistant Professors: Acton, Anderson, Barrington, Bell, Billings, Blizzard, Boyd, Branham, Brice, Bridges, Bruce, Collins, Compton, Dawson, Durst, Edwards, Esquibel, Gregory, Hanley, Hernandez, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Lacy, Little, Moore, Norton, O’Neal, Petr, Silvers, Thal, B. Thomas, Utterback, Vasquez, Wilkinson, Wingate
Instructors: Alexander, Cabellero, Chavez, Coates, Cottom, Curran, Davenport, Dettmann, Faz, Fleming, Flores, Gallegos, Harkness, Hildebrand, Hillin, Hogan, Hust, Litterer, Maya, McMurry, Mello, Morris, Moseley, Opton, Platner, Rake, Richburg, Schneider, Scoggins, Stone, Stoughton, Tawney, L. Thomas, Tombs, Tyler-McCord
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