University of Houston-Clear Lake is helping registered nurses with lapsed licenses find their way back into the workplace amid the pandemic through the college’s Continuing Education program.
The program, which is part of the College of Human Sciences and Humanities, is offering nursing refresher courses starting March 25, according to a March 15 media release from UHCL. The courses are meant to help nurses who have been away from a medical work setting for four or more years in reactivating their registered nurse license and relaunching their careers.
“There are many vitally needed registered nurses who may be working in other jobs or not at all simply because their licenses have lapsed,” said Karen Alexander, nursing program director and assistant professor of nursing, in the release. “Completing these courses helps meet the ever-increasing healthcare demand for excellent nurses with active licenses in our area.”
Both of the two courses are designed to give registered nurses updated knowledge in theory and clinical practice to meet the Texas Board of Nursing requirements for reactivation, Alexander said in the release. Registered nurses must take these courses to reactivate their licenses, and very few programs like this one are already in existence for registered nurses in the Houston-Galveston area, per the release.
