Allied Health Department

The Allied Health Department believes that learning is a continuous life-long process and maintains that each student has dignity and worth and brings unique experiences to the educational environment. The curriculum is based on clearly-stated objectives, relevant content and experiences, and evaluation of program components and outcomes. The Department is dedicated to produce well educated health care providers with the skills, knowledge, dedication, philosophy and competence to meet the needs of the community.

The Allied Health Department offers courses and a one-year certificate in Vocational Nursing and Surgical Technology. Two-year Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees also are available in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling, Surgical Technology, and Upward Mobility Nursing (RN). Each program of study in the department has its own mission statement.

If you have any questions concerning the Allied Health Department, please feel free to call us at (409) 984-6356 or stop by our offices in the Allied Health Building.

Allied Health Department links:

• Directory of Allied Health Department Personnel

Programs Offered

• Surgical Technology
  • Application for Surgical Technology Program
• Upward Mobility Nursing Program
  • Application for Associate of Applied Science Upward Mobility Nursing Program
  • ADSN Preceptor Packet
  • ADSN Preceptor/Student Forms
• Vocational Nursing Program
  • Application for Vocational Nursing Program

Other Links of Interest

• National Council of State Boards of Nursing - developers of the NCLEX-RN^® and NCLEX-PN^® examinations

• The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is an agency of the Texas Health and Human Services System that ensures Texans have access to effective and efficient substance abuse services

• Texas Board of Nurse Examiners - protects and promotes the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a registered professional nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely

• Texas Nursing Practice Act & Nursing Peer Review Act - the law which creates the Board of Nurse Examiners and defines its responsibility for regulating nursing education, licensure and practice

• Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN) - to encourage nurses to seek help, TPAPN was created as a non-punitive, confidential, and voluntary alternative to reporting RNs and LVNs to their respective licensing boards