Axe ’Em, Jacks!
A degree with many career possibilities
Our nationally-recognized nursing program prepares you for a successful career in the nursing specialty and facility of your choice. SFA nurses are currently helping patients at hospitals and practices throughout the state of Texas and the United States. You can even find our graduates overseas working as civilian and military nurses.
Hospitals often send information on employment opportunities and even visit campus to recruit. SFA nurses are highly regarded in the field, a fact we credit to both our dedicated teaching staff and our top-notch students. Each year, more than 90 percent of SFA nursing graduates pass the licensing examination on their initial attempt and the majority of our graduates have a job waiting for them upon graduation.
At SFA, we don’t just teach you about nursing. We show you how to provide exceptional nursing care in an environment that is innovative, challenging and supportive. Your professors are licensed nurses who provide one-on-one interaction to help you hone your nursing skills and determine your areas of interest.
Lumberjack nurses have great careers
Nancy Palacios, Class of ‘14
BS in nursing
Nancy Palacios is a nurse at UT Southwestern Medical Center with experience in neurology/stroke, internal medicine, orthopedics, urology and plastics. She currently serves as the assistant nurse manager on the med/surg unit for orthopedics, internal medicine and neurology. She is the past chair of the unit-based council for the neurology and internal medicine unit and is also a clinical ladder advisor at UTSW.
Palacios has won several awards, including the Meritorious Service Award, the PACT Gold Award and the DFW Great 100 Nurses Scholarship. She is currently working on her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Baylor University and is set to graduate in 2021.
Daniel Morris, Class of '08 and '21
MS in nursing, family nurse practitioner
Daniel Morris graduated from the BSN program in 2008 and the MSN-FNP program in May 2021. Before he graduated, he accepted employment at the Heart Institute of East Texas where he practices as a family nurse practitioner.
While a full-time graduate student, Morris received the award for Outstanding Graduate Student and continued working as a critical care charge nurse at Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin during the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a husband, father and member of many nursing organizations.
Alphonso Clemente, Class of '14
BS in nursing
Alphonso Clemente is an ambulatory nurse at Texas Children’s Hospital, working in the specialty areas of pediatric rheumatology and cardiology. He previously worked in the med/surg, oncology and hospice units at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital and as a home health nurse in northwest Houston.
“The time I spent as a student in SFA’s School of Nursing was a great and memorable experience,” Clemente said. “I felt like my class was my family. Our instructors were more than just professors to us. They gladly invested their time and passed on their wisdom and knowledge. This has helped me in being a successful and compassionate nurse.”
Anne M. James, Class of ‘04
BS in nursing
Anne James is a maternal transport flight nurse who specializes in high risk pregnancy, labor and delivery as well as antepartum and advanced fetal monitoring.
Chip LeDuff, Class of ‘11
BS in nursing
Chip LeDuff is currently stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, where he works as a neonatal nurse practitioner at Naval Branch Health Clinic Iwakuni. He received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from SFA in 2011 and his Master of Science in Nursing in 2017 and Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2018 from Duke University. He recently presented his doctoral project, “NICU Fathers: Improving the Quality of Paternal Support in the NICU,” at the Tri-Service Nursing Research Program's Evidence-Based Practice Dissemination Course in San Diego. LeDuff has served as a nurse corps officer with the U.S. Navy since 2004.
