It borrows space from the Hermann Hospital School of Nursing until the school's new facilities can be constructed in the Hermann Professional Building Annex-Garage. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System reorganizes the Schools of Nursing in the System and places each school under the administration of the president of the health science center or academic institution nearest its location. The school becomes University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing . The Master of Science in Nursing Degree program begins and the first class is admitted in January. Arlowayne Swort, Ed.D., becomes dean of nursing school.
School receives national accreditation.
1984 Patricia L. Starck, D.S.N. , becomes new dean. Instead of starched caps and ceremonial capes, they now wear lab coats and identification insignia. The school holds the first national Women's Health Care Conference and the first national Gerontological Nursing Conference. The Center for Nursing Research is established. The Center on Aging is established to initiate and support interdisciplinary aging research within UT-Houston units and among publicly funded organizations that offer geriatric programs throughout the state.