Texas Board of Nursing Bulletin a Quarterly Publication of the Texas Board of Nursing
Texas Board of Nursing Bulletin A Quarterly Publication of the Texas Board of Nursing The mission of the Texas Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely. The Board fulfills its mission through the regulation of the practice of nursing and the approval of nursing education programs. This mission, derived from the Nursing Practice Act, October 2015 supersedes the interest of any individual, the nursing profession, or any special interest group. Governor Abbott Appoints Seven to the Board of Nursing On July 9, 2015, Gov- ernor Greg Abbott announced the ap- pointment of six new board members and re- appointment of Kathy Leader-Horn, LVN for a second six-year term to the Texas Board of Nursing (BON). New appointees to BON included Diana Flores, MN, RN; Francis Stokes, BA; Allison Edwards, DrPH, MS, RN, CNE; Board members appointed by and David E. Saucedo Governor Abbot to the Board II, BA, whose terms ex- of Nursing (L-R): Laura Disque, pire January 31, 2021. MN, RN; Allison Edwards, DrPH, Governor Abbott also MS, RN, CNE; Diana Flores, MN, appointed Doris Jack- RN; Doris Jackson, DHA, (ABD), son, DHA, (ABD), MSN, MSN, RN; Kathy Leader-Horn, RN; and Laura Disque, LVN; David Saucedo II, BA; and MN, RN to the Board for Francis Stokes, BA. terms to expire January 31, 2017, and January 31, 2019, respectively. Branch at Galveston, a master of science Laura Disque, MN, RN, of Edinburg is from Texas Woman’s University, and a Inside this Issue a registered nurse (RN) and serves as doctorate from the University of Texas vice president of nursing for surgical/ Health Science Center at Houston School procedural services for Doctors Hospi- of Public Health.
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