UT Health: School of Nursing’s Center for Continuing Education provides continuing education to nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health care providers. We combine creative teaching strategies with relevant and current content. Our continuing nursing education programs are designed to meet your needs and accommodate your schedule. The CE department staff promotes education collaboration and operations with other local, regional and national organizations. We invite you to register for our CE programs to learn, advance, and grow!
Our Mission
UT Health School of Nursing’s Center for Continuing Education’s is to provide nurses from various backgrounds educational opportunities in order to maintain or enrich their current knowledge base, as well as maintain their skills and competencies to meet their current and future needs in nursing practice.
Nursing Continuing Education Accreditation
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Continuing Education Provider Unit Staff
Vaunette P. Fay, PhD, RNC, FNP, GNP
Director, Continuing Education (Email)
Lead Nurse Planner
713-500-2116
Susan D Ruppert, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, NP-C, FCCM, FAANP, FAAN
Director, Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program (Email)
Professor of Nursing - Clinical
713-500-2164
Elda G Ramirez, PhD, RN, FNP-C, FAANP
Associate Professor of Nursing - Clinical (Email)
Nurse Planner
713-500-2162
Sydnee H Lucas, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Planner (Email)
713-500-2177
Madelene Ottosen, MSN, RN
Nurse Planner (Email)
713.500.7910
Barbara A Shak
Administrative Coordinator (Email)
713-500-9927
