22 Tex. Admin. Code § 216.6 - Activities that Are Not Acceptable as Continuing Education
The following activities do not meet continuing education requirements for licensure renewal.
(1) Basic Life Support (BLS) or
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) courses.
(2) In service programs. Programs sponsored
by the employing agency to provide specific information about the work setting
and orientation or other programs which address the institution's philosophy;
policies and procedures; on-the-job training; and equipment
demonstration.
(3) Nursing
refresher courses. Programs designed to update knowledge of current nursing
theory and clinical practice, which consist of a didactic and clinical
component, to ensure entry level competencies into nursing practice.
(4) Orientation programs. A program designed
to introduce employees to the philosophy, goals, policies, procedures, role
expectations, and physical facilities of a specific work place.
(5) Courses which focus upon
self-improvement, changes in attitude, self-therapy, and self-awareness that do
not delineate the impact on nursing practice or improved patient
outcomes.
(6) Economic courses for
financial gain, e.g., investments, retirement, preparing resumes, and
techniques for job interview.
(7)
Courses which focus on personal appearance in nursing.
(8) Liberal art courses in music, art,
philosophy, and others when unrelated to patient/client care.
(9) Courses designed for lay
people.
(10) Self-directed
study--An educational activity wherein the learner takes the initiative and the
responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the
activity including, but not limited to, academic courses that are audited, that
are not directly relevant to a licensee's area of nursing practice, or that are
prerequisite courses such as mathematics, physiology, biology, government, or
other similar courses.
(11)
Continuing Medical Education (CME), unless completed by an APRN in the APRN's
role and population focus area of licensure and otherwise accepted in this
chapter.
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