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FAQs

Yes, your password can be emailed to you.

Yes, you can stop and restart test at any time.

Yes, and the process is simple. You must create a username and password to log in to the Nursing-CEs system before purchasing and taking any test. This ensures that your CE contents have been tracked, certificates are available in future and that you can access your user history at any time.

Yes, Nursing-CEs will have all records available at any time under your user names.

Yes, when you pass your exam, your certificate will automatically be available for you to print and will be saved under your profile.

Yes, and the process is simple. You must create a username and password to log in to the Nursing-CEs system before purchasing and taking any test. This ensures that your CE contents have been tracked, certificates are available in future and that you can access your user history at any time.

Yes, if your state requires CE’s. It is always important you contact your state BRN with any questions.

You can take the test as many times as necessary to pass the exam at 80%.

State CE Requirments For Nurses

Nursing-CEs users should verify this information and all information regarding licensure requirements with their state licensing board. This information is offered as a summary and does not include specifics regarding content. Information may have changed since this information was last verified in 2014. Licenses are offered and renewed at the sole discretion of the state boards.

State
Terms (years)
Continuing Education Requirements (Number of contact hours)
RNs APNs
Alabama 2 24
Alaska 2 Registered and practical nurse licensees must complete two of the following methods for maintaining continuing competency (Article 6 of 12 AAC).

  • 30 contact hours of continuing education prescribed under 12 AAC 44.610
  • 30 hours of participation in professional activities prescribed under 12 AAC 44.620
  • 320 hours of employment prescribed under 12 AAC 44.630

In lieu of meeting the above requirements, licensees may qualify for alternative methods of continuing competency pursuant 12 AAC 44.640.

National Certification
Arizona 4 None National Certification
Arkansas 2 Active LPNs, RNs and APNs must complete the continuing education requirement by one of these methods:

  • 15 contact hours of appropriately accredited practice-focused activities, OR
  • Hold a current nationally recognized certification /recertification, OR
  • Completed a minimum of 1 college credit hour course in nursing with a grade of C or better during licensure period.

In lieu of meeting the above requirements, licensees may qualify for alternative methods of continuing competency pursuant 12 AAC 44.640.

National certification; The APN is required to have a Certificate of Prescriptive Authority issued by the Board of Nursing in order

to prescribe. Prescribing is limited to the APN’s scope of practice which is defined by the APN’s national certification.

To obtain the certificate, the APN must complete an advanced pharmacology course with a preceptorship, work as an APN for a defined period and have a collaborative practice agreement with a physician

For each renewal, advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority must complete an additional five contact hours of pharmacotheraputics related to their specialty certification.

California 2 30 hours of continuing education for license renewal. The continuing education course(s) must be taken through a continuing education provider recognized by the Board of Registered Nursing. Continuing education is not required (over the 30 hours required for RN renewal) for renewal of advanced practice certificates. The board accepts ANCC accredited activities and AMA PRA Category 1â„¢ activities.
Colorado 2 None National Certification
Connecticut 2 None National Certification
Delaware 2 30 contact hours (RNs) / 24 contact hours (LPNs) Plus

and have practiced nursing at least 1000 hours in the past 5 years or 400 hours in the past 2 years

IF national certification for your specialty is available, THEN you must be certified and meet 1 of these requirements:

  • Practice of 1500 hours over the past 5 years in the specialty for which you are applying, or
  • Practice of 600 hours over the past 2 years in the specialty for which you are applying, or
  • Graduation from the specialty program within the past 2 years.

IF national certificate is unavailable, THEN you must meet 1 of these requirements:

  • Practice of 1000 hours over the past 2 years in the specialty
  • for which you are applying, or
  • Completion of a period of at least 1000 hours of supervised

In addition, APNs who have prescriptive authority must attest to completing 10 hours of continuing education (CE) in pharmacology /pharmacotherapeutics in the past 2 years.

District of Columbia 2 The completion of 24 contact hours of continuing education in the licensee’s current area of practice is required. The completion of 24 contact hours of continuing education is required. Fifteen of the 24 contact hours must include a pharmacology component. Nine of the 24 contact hours must be relevant to the practice of your APRN specialty.

A licensee with multiple APRN specialties may satisfy the continuing education requirements for multiple specialties by completing continuing education toward each specialty license. In other words, a course that counts toward more than one specialty license can fulfill multiple license requirements at the same time.

Florida 2 24 hours of appropriate continuing education every 2 years, including a one-time, 1 hour on HIV/AIDS CE requirement to be completed prior to the first renewal, 2 hours on Prevention of Medical Errors, 2 hours of Domestic Violence from a National Certification
Georgia 2 None National Certification
Hawaii 2 None National Certification
Idaho 2 None National Certification
Illinois 2 RNs and LPNs are required to complete 20 contact hours every 2 years. 50 contact hours

An APN holding more than 1 APN license is required to complete 50 contact hours total per license renewal period.

How Do We Compare To Our Competition

Company Amount of CE’s Price Quality Specialty CE’s Free CE’s
Nursing-CEs 50 or less Reasonable High Yes Yes
NetCe.com 15 or less Variable + + +
Western Schools 36 or less Variable + + +
Ce.nurse.com ? Variable + + +
NurseCe4less ? Variable + + +
NurseCEU.com ? Variable + + +
www.RN.org ? Variable + + +
MedScape ? Variable + + +
Myfreece ? Variable + + +