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Nursing Science

The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

  • A research program that focuses on the study of advanced clinical practices, research methodologies, the administration of complex nursing services, and that prepares nurses to further the progress of nursing research through experimentation and clinical applications. Find Colleges Offering Nursing Science Degree.
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    • Job Description
      Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of both teaching and research.
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Speech Clarity
    • Job Description
      Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.
      Salary and Wages

      Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

      • Total Employment: 41,340
      • Average Annual Salary: $65,810
      • Average Hourly Rate: $31.64
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 2,504,664
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 3,092,013
      • Percent Job Growth: 23.45%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Information Ordering
      • Near Vision
      • Speech Recognition
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    Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
    Nursing Science
     Total
    Overall
    All Students5
     
    By Gender
    Male1
    Female4
     
    By Race
    Non-Resident Alien-
    American Indian-
    Black1
    Asian-
    Hispanic1
    White3
    Unknown-
     
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    • Highest Degree Offered: Doctoral
    • Campus Location: Midsized City
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    • Highest Degree Offered: Doctoral and First-Professional
    • Institution Has A Hospital: Yes
    • Grants A Medical Degree: Yes
    • Campus Location: Large City
    • Tenure System: Has Tenure System
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    • Highest Degree Offered: Doctoral and First-Professional
    • Institution Has A Hospital: Yes
    • Grants A Medical Degree: Yes
    • Campus Location: Large City
    • Tenure System: Has Tenure System
    • Students Enrollment: 1,000 - 4,999
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    Source: IPEDS Survey 2007-2008