Welcome

July 1, 2008

Nursing Continuing Education (NCE) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing offers well-planned, innovative program opportunities for life-long learning to meet the needs for the nursing community in the area of continuing professional education.

We invite you to provide any comments or suggestions. Please send these comments to Sherece McGoon at mcgoon@uthscsa.edu. 

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Continuing Nursing education programs are based on the belief that learning is a life long, self-directed process encompassing the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. The department serves as a catalyst for providing exciting, accessible, professional, state of the art, quality continuing education programs for enhancing the professional growth and development of local, regional, national and international nurses.

To support the educational needs the department staff promotes education collaboration and operations with other local, regional and national organizations. We host regional, national, and international nursing conferences whenever possible.

The University of Texas Health Science Center 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. The activities meet Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward re-licensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas.

We will update and maintain the NCE web site, so that program information will be readily available to you. If you have any questions, would like additional information about these changes or have recommendations, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to continued excellence in providing opportunities for lifelong learning for nurses and for identifying and adapting new and innovative ways of delivering NCE.

Sincerely,

Nursing Continuing Education: Staff

Rosalie Tierney-Gumaer, MSN, MPH, RN, Director of Nursing Continuing Education has 30 years experience in nursing, including nursing education, nursing administration and staff nursing. She has worked internationally in a diverse multicultural healthcare environment. Ms. Tierney-Gumaer has been an administrator, program developer and presenter in continuing education as well as academic education. She has experience in educational activities and total program planning. She brings to the department a visionary, multidisciplinary and state of the art approach to continuing education. She can be contacted by phone at (210) 567-0170 or by email at: tierneyguma@uthscsa.edu.

Sherece McGoon, Conference Coordinator II, Nursing Continuing Education (CE). Sherece has over 10 years service for the State specifically for the Nursing School.  In her role as Conference Coordinator II for the Nursing CE Office, she manages the office, coordinates program development, logistics and provides overal customer support.  She updates the CE website and creates online registrations and surveys to meet the needs of each conference and event. She is positive and supports tthe department and its growth. Sherece welcomes questions or concerns regarding continuing education issues phone: 210-567-5850; Fax 210-567-5909 email mcgoon@uthscsa.edu

Cynthia Gutierrez, Administrative Assist II, is our new addition.  She comes from a banking backgroud and has experience in customer service, database and data entry and great computer skills.  She runs the front office and is the main point of contact for the day to day operations of the office.  She has a delighful personality and adds experience and depth to our office.  We are pleased to have her aboard.  Feel free to contact Cindy at 210-567-5054 or email her at gutierrezc8@uthscsa.edu.

Approved Provider Status

The UTHSCSA School of Nursing is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Texas Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

ANCC Accreditation Feedback Line

1-866-262-9730

The Accreditation Program of the American Nurses Credentialing Center is interested in the opinions and perspectives of the participants in accredited continuing nursing education activities, particularly those perspectives related to the presence of perceived bias* in the continuing education. For this reason, we are now providing a toll free telephone number.

Participants may access this number at any time to:

• tell us of any noted bias or conflict of interest in the education
• tell us of any concerns, compliments, or opinions
• tell us of a great experience
• tell us of an unpleasant experience
• tell us your thoughts on the process

Just call and tell us!

1-866-262-9730

* Bias is defined as: preferential influence that causes a distortion of opinion or of facts. Commercial bias may occur when an educational activity promotes one or more product(s) (drugs, devices, services, software, hardware etc.) This definition is not all inclusive and participants may use their own interpretation in deciding if a presentation is biased.

NOTE: Statements of commercial support and /or conflict of interest disclosures do not represent bias. Such statements inform the learner that the provider has implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to delivery of the educational material.

Tax Deduction

A tax deduction for registration fees, travel, meals, and lodging may be permitted as educational expense if undertaken to maintain and improve professional skills.