A Women’s Health Educational Web Site
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Peggy Mancuso, Ph.D., CNM, RN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Program Coordinator, Doctor of Nursing Practice
Director Of Research, Dallas Campus
CNM, Parkland Memorial Hospital
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WHNP Students
This area contains information about the Women's Health Nurse Pracitioner programs currently offered by the College of Nursing at Texas Woman's University. Included are Master of Science degree programs, post-master's certificate programs, classroom and on-line video lectures, schedules, sequencing of curriculum and learning resources. Video overview of the programs and typical classroom facilities is also included.
Women's Health Topics
This area includes women's health video presentations and lectures and for students and the public.
Video Lectures
This area contains over 1000 hours of on-line video classroom lectures for all three semesters of the WHNP program. The current year's lectures, along with lectures from previous years, are available for all registered WHNP Students 24/7/365.
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program
The DNP Program at Texas Woman's University has been designed for master's prepared APNs (Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives) who are seeking a clinical practice doctorate. The DNP is a practice doctorate in nursing, not a research doctorate (PhD) in nursing science.
The DNP Program is able to provide DNP education to APNs practicing in rural and remote locations.Through the use of advanced IT Technologies TWU's hybrid program incorporates clustered monthly classes; the Blackboard platform; state -of-the-art library and database access; on-line, on demand recorded Video Classroom Lectures & DVDs; on-line, Webinars allowing faculty and students to participate in real time.

 
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Peggy Mancuso is an Associate Professor at Texas Woman’s University.  She established the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner program at Texas Woman’s University in 1999. In 2004, Dr. Mancuso was the recipient of the Susan Cass Doroghazi Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2005, Dr. Mancuso was selected as one of Dallas -Fort Worth Great One Hundred Nurses. She is the Research Director for the College of Nursing at the Dallas campus.

In 1994 Dr. Mancuso became the first Certified Nurse Midwife in private practice to acquire hospital privileges in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She currently practices at Parkland Memorial Hospital and is a Faculty Associate for UTSW Medical College. She has attended over 1000 births. In addition, Dr. Mancuso is Chair of the AMBC Exam Committee and coordinates nurse-midwifery certification examination administration.