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Nursing Step & Grade Program (Clinical Ladder)

Nursing Residency Program

Nursing Clinical Excellence Program

Professional Practice Council (Internal Employees)

The following is the link for internal employees to access the Professional Practice Council (PPC) Sharepoint site. It will provide you the upcoming council meetings, PPC projects and tasks, as well as any other related documentation.

General Information

The Texas Board of Nursing website contains information on many topics of concern or confusion for LVNs, RNs, and those who work with licensed nurses in Texas.

TX Board of Nursing Standards of Nursing Practice

RULE 217.11 Standards of Nursing Practice

The Texas Board of Nursing is responsible for regulating the practice of nursing within the state of Texas for vocational nurses, registered nurses, and registered nurses with advanced practice authorization. The standards of practice establish a minimum acceptable level of nursing practice in any setting for each level of nursing licensure or advanced practice authorization. Failure to meet these standards may result in action against the nurse’s license even if no actual patient injury resulted.

Texas Licensure

The Texas Board of Nursing regulates the practice of nursing in the state of Texas. Their website has the forms, applications and the answers to frequently asked questions about licensure.

To contact the board:
Texas Board of Nursing
333 Guadalupe #3-460
Austin, TX 78701
Website: bne.state.tx.us
Phone: (512) 305-7400
Fax: (512) 305-7401

American Nurses Association Code of Ethics

The American Nurses Association approved the original code of ethics for nurses in 1985. A review of this code began in 1995, and in July 2001 the Congress of Nursing Practice and Economics of the ANA approved a fully revised code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statement.