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Tuong Vi Ho became TWU full time faculty in the Fall, 2008. Since then she has taught in various areas, both undergraduate and graduate to include adult health, health assessment, cultural immersion, along with nurse practitioner graduate courses.

Prior to her employment to TWU, Dr. Ho worked at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in a variety of positions including staff nurse, nurse manager, clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner. She is board certified in gerontological and family nurse practice.

Throughout her professional career, Dr. Ho has had opportunity to remain in contact and collaborate with the United States Vietnamese nursing community. She was the founding president of the Vietnamese American Nurses Association which was formed in 2008 and based in Houston, Texas. She works with Vietnamese students and nurses to enhance their professional skills as well as cultivate their Vietnamese heritage. Her philosophy is that Asian and Vietnam Cultural Immersion courses focused on health care and nursing in Vietnam help to close the cultural competency gap for nurses when compared to health care and nursing practice within the United States.

Recently Dr. Ho went to Vietnam and presented her research regarding knowledge of breast cancer in the Vietnamese woman. She also lectured on palliative care in cancer patients at the International Cancer Conference at Hue Center Hospital and Medical and Pharmacy University in Vietnam. She and other faculty have led two student cultural immersion trips to Vietnam (2012 and 2013).

Research and professional interests include cancer research in minority populations, nursing education in view of cultural competencies from a global perspective, improving nursing care in developing countries through education and mentorship of nursing faculty in developing countries.

Industry Expertise (3)

Education/Learning

Research

Health and Wellness

Areas of Expertise (5)

Adult Health

Cultural Immersion

Cancer Research

Nursing Education

Nursing Care in Developing Countries

Accomplishments (5)

Presidential Award for Excellent Public Service (2014) (professional)

Awarded by the Vietnamese American Medical Association

Vietnamese Best Writing Honor Award (2014) (professional)

Awarded by Viet-Bao News Magazine, Orange County, California

Bronze Medal Nominee for Excellence in Nursing (2012) (professional)

Awarded by the Good Samaritan Foundation of Texas, Inc.

Outstanding Community Outreach Leader (2010) (professional)

Awarded by the Houston Wellness Association and the Asian Chamber of Commerce, Houston, Texas

Texas Outstanding Nurse Award (2009) (professional)

Awarded by Texas Nurses District 9 Foundation, Houston, Texas

Education (4)

Texas Woman's University: Ph.D., Nursing

University of Texas Health Science Center: MSN, Nursing

University of Texas Health Science Center: BSN, Nursing

Kettering College of Medical Arts: A.D., Nursing 1979

Affiliations (4)

• Vietnamese American Nurses Association: Board Chair Founder and President
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners : Member
• Sigma Phi Omega Honor Society : Member
• Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society : Member

Event Appearances (5)

Community Health Fair

Organizer and Executor, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 & 2007.  Houston, TX.

Women Health across the Life Span Work

Dominican Sisters Covenant  Houston, TX.

2008-12-01

HIV Cultural Sensitivity Care

Harris County Health Care System  Houston, TX.

2007-10-01

Multicultural-Health Beliefs and Practices among Vietnamese American population

Texas Woman's University  Houston, TX.

2007-05-01

Research in Special Population: Vietnamese American population

Association of Clinical Research Nurses Ethics Round  University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, TX.

2006-10-01

Articles (5)

Effects of an educational intervention on breast cancer screening and early detection in Vietnamese American women

32nd Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress

2011 ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Vietnamese women, and they are often diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age. About 50% of the women are younger than 50 years of age at time of diagnosis with advanced stages, which makes optimal ...

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Treatment of Aspergillosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

2007 ABSTRACT: PJ was a 69-year-old woman who was referred to a large cancer center for an evaluation of brain and lung masses presumed to be cancerous lesions. During the three months before the referral, PJ had experienced a gradual 40 lb weight loss, shortness of ...

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Effects of an educational intervention of breast cancer early screening and detection beliefs and practices in vietnamese American women: a pilot study

The 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice

2006 ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to test the methodology for a study, which proposes to evaluate Vietnamese American women's knowledge about breast cancer and explore their early detection health beliefs and practices, using the health belief model (HBM) as the ...

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Student Perspectives on the George Mason University 12th Annual Washington Health Policy Summer Institute

Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice

2004 ABSTRACT: As an elective course for their PhD in nursing program, four doctoral students participated in the June 2004 12th annual George Mason University (GMU) Washington Health Policy Institute. This unique educational offering included presentations and ...

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Triage

Oncologic Emergencies

2002 ABSTRACT: Each visit to an emergency room requires multiple forms of assessment, beginning with triage. The word "triage" describes a priority decision-making process that is used during the care of emergency patients. The term is derived from the French word "trier" meaning "to sort" and was adopted into the English language after the Napoleonic Wars...

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