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Amy O. Calvin, PhD, RN

Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing

Department of Acute and Continuing Care

UT Health Science Center at Houston

Using a facilitative, highly organized approach, I passionately role-model both the art and science of excellent nursing care.

To me, teaching is synergistic—when I expend energy and enthusiasm in making something complex simple, I am energized by students’ expressed comprehension and self-efficacy. Using a facilitative, highly organized approach, I passionately role-model both the art and science of excellent nursing care. I consistently encourage students to care for their own minds, bodies, and spirits so that they can in turn provide first-rate holistic nursing care to patients and their families.