2 Hours Tick-Borne Disease for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing

2 Hours Tick-Borne Disease for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing

✅ Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing | Provider #CEP 18292 | Texas BON Recognizes Other State Boards of Nursing as CNE Approvers | 2 Contact Hours | Only $14.99 | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Get 2 contact hours toward your Texas nurse practitioner renewal with a tick-borne disease course built for Texas adult primary care, from a California BRN-approved provider (CEP 18292), only $14.99. It covers Texas tick-borne disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, alpha-gal syndrome, tick-bite prophylaxis and Texas reporting.

Work at your own pace and log in and out without losing your progress. Pass the 20-question final exam with 70% or better (up to 3 attempts), and your certificate is emailed to you immediately. Texas nurses enter their own CE in the Texas Nurse Portal CE Module, and uploading certificates is not required at this time for standard entries.

✅ Course Details

• Course name: 2 Hours Tick-Borne Disease for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing
• Approved by: California Board of Registered Nursing
• Provider number: CEP 18292
• Texas use: Continuing education approved through another state board of nursing, an approver category the Texas Board of Nursing recognizes
• Contact hours: 2 (each contact hour is 60 minutes of instruction)
• Category: Advanced practice nursing continuing education for nurse practitioners
• Format: 100% online, self-paced, with a 20-question final exam (70% to pass, up to 3 attempts)
• Instructor: Valeria Garcia, BSN, RN
• Price: $14.99
• Certificate: Emailed instantly when you pass
• Reporting: Texas nurses enter CE in the Texas Nurse Portal CE Module
• Support: Call or text 1-800-698-2770

✅ Who Should Take This Course?

This course is written for:

• Texas FNPs and AGPCNPs whose practice includes treating tick-borne disease
• NPs in rural, urgent care and outdoor-work communities
• NPs who want to recognize Rocky Mountain spotted fever early
• NPs who want a current Lyme disease and alpha-gal update

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the Texas Requirement?

Rule 216.3(f) encourages APRNs whose practice includes the treatment of tick-borne diseases to complete continuing education on their treatment. It is encouraged, not required. These hours count within your 20.

This course is sold separately and is not part of the 25 Hour Texas Nurse Practitioner CE Package.

✅ Texas Nurse Practitioner Continuing Education Requirements

For each renewal, Texas Board of Nursing Rule 216.3 requires APRNs to complete 20 contact hours of continuing education appropriate to the advanced practice role and population focus area, or to achieve, maintain or renew the Board-recognized national certification for that role and population focus, and to meet the targeted requirements that apply. These 20 hours also renew your RN license; they are not in addition to the RN's 20. The Board does not pre-approve courses. It accepts continuing education approved by recognized credentialing agencies and providers, a list that includes other state boards of nursing. 1st Choice CE's courses are approved through the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 18292.

• Role-specific hours: 20 contact hours appropriate to your advanced practice role and population focus each licensing period, or the Board-recognized national certification (Rule 216.3(c))
• Pharmacotherapeutics: APRNs with prescriptive authority need at least 5 additional contact hours in pharmacotherapeutics every licensing period, above the 20 (Rule 216.3(c)(3)); certification cannot be used
• Opioid prescribing: APRNs whose prescriptive authority agreement authorizes opioid prescribing need at least 2 hours every year (4 hours per licensing period) on safe and effective pain management related to prescribing opioids and other controlled substances (Rule 216.3(c)(4)); these count within the 20
• Prescription Monitoring Program: APRNs authorized to receive PMP information need a one-time 2 hours on prescribing and monitoring controlled substances within one year of initial APRN licensure (Rule 216.3(c)(6)); these count within the 20
• Jurisprudence and ethics: At least 2 contact hours before the end of every third two-year licensing period (Rule 216.3(g)); they count within the 20
• Older adult or geriatric care: At least 2 contact hours every licensing period if your practice includes older adults, unless you hold a related certification (Rule 216.3(h))
• Human trafficking prevention: Nurses who provide direct patient care must complete an HHSC-approved human trafficking prevention course every licensing period (Rule 216.3(i)); 1st Choice CE does not offer an HHSC-approved course at this time
• Tick-borne disease: Encouraged, not required, for APRNs whose practice includes treating tick-borne diseases (Rule 216.3(f))
• Entering your CE: Nurses enter CE information in the Texas Nurse Portal CE Module before submitting a renewal; uploading certificates is not required at this time for standard entries
• Records: Keep your certificates for at least three consecutive licensing periods or six years (Rule 216.7(b)); the Board may request documentation

How this course helps: This 2-hour course contributes 2 contact hours toward your 20-hour Texas total, so you will still need 18 more contact hours (or the Board-recognized national certification), the 5 pharmacotherapeutic hours if you hold prescriptive authority, and any targeted topics that apply to you, including an HHSC-approved human trafficking course if you provide direct patient care.

✅ When Do Texas Nurse Practitioners Renew?

Your APRN license renews together with your Texas RN license every two years. Your expiration date appears on your license record in the Texas Nurse Portal.

The Board makes the timely renewal application available in the Texas Nurse Portal on the first day of the month before your license-expiration month.

Complete your continuing education during the licensing period that is ending, and enter it in the CE Module before you submit your renewal application. The opioid requirement is annual, so plan 2 hours in each year of the period.

✅ How to Renew Your Texas APRN License

1. Check your record. Log in to the Texas Nurse Portal to confirm your license, APRN role and population focus, and expiration date.
2. Complete your hours. Finish 20 contact hours appropriate to your role and population focus, plus 5 pharmacotherapeutic hours if you hold prescriptive authority, during the licensing period.
3. Complete the targeted topics that apply to you. These include pharmacotherapeutics and opioid prescribing for prescribers, the one-time PMP course if due, jurisprudence and ethics, older adult care and an HHSC-approved human trafficking course for direct-care nurses.
4. Enter your CE in the CE Module. Enter each course's information from your certificate in the Texas Nurse Portal CE Module. Uploading certificates is not required at this time for standard entries. 1st Choice CE does not enter information for you.
5. Submit your renewal. Complete the renewal application in the Nurse Portal and pay the processing fee.
6. Keep your certificates. Retain them for at least three licensing periods or six years in case the Board requests documentation.

✅ What You Will Learn

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize Texas tick-borne disease and take an exposure history
• Start doxycycline promptly for suspected Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Recognize ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis and severe illness that needs referral
• Diagnose and treat Lyme disease using current guidance
• Recognize babesiosis, relapsing fever and alpha-gal syndrome
• Manage tick bites, report to Texas public health and counsel on prevention

✅ Course Content Overview

The course is organized into two one-hour sections, each with six subtopics:

Section 1 (1 Hour): Texas Epidemiology and Tickborne Rickettsial Diseases

• Ticks and tick-borne disease in Texas
• Exposure history and clinical presentation
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever and spotted fever rickettsioses
• Ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis
• Severe illness and referral
• Diagnostic testing and its limits

Section 2 (1 Hour): Lyme Disease, Other Tick-Borne Conditions, Reporting and Prevention

• Lyme disease diagnosis
• Lyme disease treatment
• Babesiosis, relapsing fever and alpha-gal syndrome
• Tick bite management and prophylaxis decisions
• Reporting tick-borne conditions in Texas
• Prevention counseling and team roles

✅ Other Texas Nurse Practitioner Courses

Build the rest of your hours with these courses:

• 25 Hour Texas Nurse Practitioner CE Package – $49.99
• 2 Hours Texas APRN Jurisprudence, Scope and Ethics - Texas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Older Adult and Geriatric Care for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Safe Opioid and Controlled-Substance Prescribing, Annual Update A - Texas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Safe Opioid and Controlled-Substance Prescribing, Annual Update B - Texas Nursing – $14.99
• 4 Hours Advanced Diabetes and Obesity Management for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $24.99
• 4 Hours Cardiovascular and Kidney Risk Management for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $24.99
• 2 Hours Infection Management and Antimicrobial Stewardship for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Mental Health and Psychopharmacology for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $14.99
• 5 Hours Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $29.99
• 2 Hours Texas PMP and Controlled-Substance Prescribing for Nurse Practitioners - Texas Nursing – $14.99

✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 18292)
• Written for Texas nurse practitioners, with Texas law and Board rules built in
• Affordable pricing: only $14.99 for 2 contact hours
• 100% online and self-paced
• Log in and out anytime without losing progress
• Instant emailed certificate
• Money-back guarantee
• Over 10 years of continuing education experience
• Support by phone or text at 1-800-698-2770

✅ Enroll Now

Get 2 contact hours toward your Texas nurse practitioner renewal for only $14.99. Enroll today, work at your own pace, and receive your certificate by email the moment you pass.

Questions before you enroll? Call or text us at 1-800-698-2770.