EPCC has a new dean in their nursing faculty program, Dr. Josefina Lujan, a published author and former UTEP assistant professor.
“I love it, I find it exhilarating. Four hundred sixty-nine students getting their associate’s degree in nursing and 52 of them are getting their LVN,” said Lujan about her new students.
However, her agenda involves a couple of changes that would fulfill a need. Lujan said that El Paso desperately needs culturally competent nurses who can meet the needs of the growing Hispanic population.
Her plan is to inspire and educate the next generation of nursing students with education research and the development and testing of innovative nursing strategies.
Another goal, according to her, is to make her students competent enough to pass the
National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), which is the test that grants licenses to nurses.
“Be ready for the excitement and extraordinary reward of a career in the healthcare field and be very persistent. Never give up,” she advised her new students.
Lujan wrote the book Community Health Worker and has also written for the El Paso Times.
Her latest column, published Jan. 28, was titled “Community Workers and Patient Outlook.”
Lujan is a native El Pasoan and a first-generation Mexican-American who graduated from Ysleta High School.
She has 27 years of experience in the medical field including pediatrics and gerontology.
Lujan is currently involved in the Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and the Border Directories for El Paso Association.
