College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Committed to your success, the faculty and staff will provide you with an education that balances in-depth study with a breadth of real-world experiences to ensure your academic and professional success. Our curriculum is rigorous and challenging but you will find a community of dedicated scholars who will support you and help you reach your academic and professional goals. At no other time in your life will you be surrounded by so many people who are committed to your success. You will soon discover what an exciting community you have joined.

Our programs enhance student knowledge and critical thinking skills, raise questions of value and meaning, and develop those habits of the heart and mind intrinsic to lifelong and independent learning. In addition, you will have access to our modern facilities and our state-of-the-art simulation lab. Upon graduation, your degree will have increased value and recognition by potential employers because of our high standards and accreditation process.

I look forward to welcoming you in person to our beautiful campus.

Hassan Aziz, PhD, FACSs, MLS(ASCP)^cm 
Dean of College of Nursing and Health Sciences

The imperatives of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences assist the College in implementing the university and college missions:

Imperative 1: Enhance Educational Excellence

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Faculty Handbook
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Handbook 

College Committees
CONHS Standing and Ad-Hoc Committees

University Committees

University Committees

University Committees - CONHS Membership Listing

CCNE Accreditation

NAACLS Accreditation

Adjunct Faculty – College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) College of Nursing and Health Sciences invites applications for adjunct faculty to teach courses on a class-by-class basis. TAMUCC hires adjunct faculty to teach in the classroom, clinical setting, and online/remote for our undergraduate and graduate programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate/Master’s degree in nursing or related field and at least one year of professional work experience. 

TO APPLY: Qualified candidates should send cover letter, curriculum vita, and contact information of three professional references via email to CONHS.DeansOffice@tamucc.edu. The subject line should state “Adjunct Faculty – College of Nursing and Health Sciences”.

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/ Disability Employer. 

For full time opportunities see link: Assistant/Associate Professor, Nursing

Support Services

For assistance with the following, please make an appointment with Sheryl McMillan, Senior Research Development Officer at sheryl.mcmillan@tamucc.edu. The support you can anticipate is as follows:

• Developing resources, interdisciplinary collaborations, and community partnerships
• Working closely with Faculty/Investigator to coordinate a timeline that facilitates the development, preparation and submission of an application to a funding agency  
• Assisting in the identification of funding sources based on faculty research interest
• Assisting with grant proposal preparation
• Assisting with development and maintenance of biosketches
• Editing grant proposal documents
• Supporting budget preparation
• Facilitating grant-writing consultation
• Linking with Research & Innovation
• Developing abstract submissions
• Supporting the preparation of poster and podium presentations (using templates)
• Editing manuscript

Principal Investigator Early Request (PIER)

o streamline the research development process, the CONHS is implementing the Principal Investigator Early Request (PIER) process. PIER was designed to enhance support for faculty who wish to develop a proposal for external funding to support their research and/or community engagement.  

When you have a prospective research topic or project, log on to the PIER page, complete the simple Qualtrics survey that includes your contact information, a few sentences about your prospective research project, and the type of support that you may need (funding source, editing, interdisciplinary partner, budget preparation, etc.).  Your PIER will then be routed to the CONHS Dean, Associate Dean, and Senior Research Development Officer who will arrange to meet with you to discuss your project and provide you with ongoing support and resources necessary to achieve your research goals.  

The PIER link: https://tamucc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Vx8qQMvN5eLBjf

Finding Collaborators and Funding with Pivot-RP

Pivot-RP, the most trusted and comprehensive source of global funding information, is a new resource for TAMUCC faculty, staff, and students. Users can track funding opportunities, discover collaborators, get tailored funding recommendations and alerts, and gain insights from previously awarded grants. Access is available for TAMUCC faculty, staff, and students using you Islander email.

Training session: 
https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/proquestmeetings/recording/a8065339dcd1429eaaba13d9b463fe02/playback

PATH

Support Staff Directory

Monthly Gathering of Faculty PATH (Program for Advancing The Health of South Texas)

Purpose: Advancing the health of residents of South Texas through scholarship that focuses on understanding individual, family, community, and population needs. The program provides a mechanism for coordinating faculty effort and enhancing support services.

Program Goals:

1. Advance nursing research within the CONHS through coordinated faculty effort.
2. Develop an effective research support team.
3. Establish an ongoing source of scholarship opportunities to support doctoral student scholarly experiences.

Expected Outcome:

The design of efficient and effective interventions that improve the health of individuals, families, communities, and patient populations.

Membership: All faculty members engaged in the design and implementation of scholarly activities as part of their assigned responsibilities.