Nurse Practitioner State CE Requirements and Suggested Courses

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State Nurse Practitioner CE Requirements  

Suggested Course  

• 24 CE hours every 2 Years, 6 must be in Pharmacology specific to your specialty if you have prescriptive authority

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• Complete 30+ contact hours of continuing education, with 15 hours focused on advanced pharmacology and drug therapy management. DEA registration holders must include 2 hours of pain management and opioid use/addiction education within the two-year renewal period.

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• Maintain a national certification
• Complete one of the following 2 requirements:
  • 1. APRNs with an active DEA license must complete a minimum of 3 hours of continuing education focused on opioids, substance use disorders, or addiction.
  • 2. Practiced over 960 hours in the past 5 years

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• 15 contact hours are required biennially.
• Prescribing APRNs must complete an additional 5 contact hours in specialty-specific pharmacotherapeutics.

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• 30 CE hours every 2 years

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• APRNs with opioid prescriptive authority must complete 2 hours of substance use prevention training each renewal period (effective October 1, 2022).

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• Complete 50 practice-related CE hours biennially
• 2 hours on veteran/family mental health conditions in the first renewal and every 6 years thereafter

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• Maintain a national certification
• 24 CE hours every 2 years
• 15 hours must be in pharmacology
• 2 CEs in LGBTQ topics and 3 CEs in public health

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• Complete 2 hours in controlled substances prescribing, chronic pain treatment, or related topics as required by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

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• Complete 16 hours plus state requirements: 2 hours each in medical error prevention, nursing laws, human trafficking, and workplace impairment, plus 1 hour in HIV/AIDS.
• Complete 3 hours in Safe and Effective Prescription of Controlled Substances each renewal period.

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• Complete 30 contact hours biennially and maintain current specialty certification.

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• Complete 30 contact hours biennially, with 22 hours in the specialty area and 10 in pharmacology.

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• 30 CE hours every 2 years, 10 must be in pharmacology

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• Complete 80 contact hours biennially, including 20 hours in pharmacotherapeutics (10 in safe opioid prescribing). CSR renewal requires an additional 3 pharmacology hours biennially.

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• Complete 30 contact hours biennially, including 8 hours in pharmacology and 2 hours in opioid prescribing/abuse.

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• 30 CNE hours in the NP’s specialty area every 2 years 

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• 14 Contact house every year, including 5 CEs in pharmacology

Cleveland Clinic Hospital Medicine

• Complete either: 300 APRN practice hours and 2 specialty-related college credits annually, OR 30 contact hours annually.

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• Complete 50 contact hours biennially (30 Category I, 20 Category II). Prescribing APRNs require an additional 3 hours in opioid medication prescribing.

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• No CE requirements, but must maintain a national certification

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• Complete 15 contact hours biennially and maintain national certification.

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• Complete 25 contact hours biennially, including 2 hours in pain/symptom management and 1 hour annual implicit bias training, plus specialty-specific requirements.

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• 24 CE contact hours every 2 years
• Maintain a national certification
• Maintain a current RN license

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• Complete 5 hours in controlled substances prescribing biennially and maintain national certification.

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• No CE required.

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• No CE required.

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• Complete 20 contact hours biennially for RN licensure. Prescribing APRNs must include 3 hours in opiate prescribing.

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• Complete 45 contact hours biennially, including 15 hours in APRN specialty and 2 hours in substance abuse, plus 4 hours in suicide prevention every 4 years.

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• Complete 60 contact hours biennially (20 in APRN specialty, 5 in pharmacology) and 400 specialty practice hours within previous 4 years.

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• Complete 30 contact hours biennially, plus 1 hour in opioid prescribing, pain management alternatives, and opioid abuse/addiction risk identification.

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• Non-DEA licensed: Complete 30 contact hours biennially (10 in pharmacology, 10 in specialty).
• DEA-licensed: Complete 30 contact hours biennially (10 in pharmacology, 5 in specialty, 5 in non-cancer pain management).

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• Complete infection control training every 4 years, maintain national certification, and one-time completion of 2-hour Child Abuse Identification and Reporting course.

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• 50 CE hours every 2 years
  • 20 hours must be related to specialty with 1 CE of controlled substance annually.

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• 12 CE hours every 2 years by December 31st

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• Complete 48 contact hours biennially per APRN license (24 count toward RN license). CNPs, CNSs, and CNMs require 12 hours in advanced pharmacology.

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• For prescribing NPs: Maintain RN license biennially and complete 15 contact hours or 1 academic credit in pharmacology, plus 2 hours in pain management or opioid use/addiction.

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• In a 2-year renewal period: Complete 400 APRN practice hours OR be within 2 years of graduation OR reactivate via re-entry. Also maintain national certification and complete specific CEs: 1 hour pain management, 2 hours cultural competence, 3 hours suicide prevention.

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• Complete 30 contact hours biennially, including 2 hours in child abuse recognition/reporting. Prescribing APRNs require an additional 2 hours in pain management, addiction identification, or opioid prescribing/dispensing.

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• 10 CE hours every 2 years, including 2 hours in substance abuse.
• 30 pharmacology CE hours every 6 years if the NP has prescriptive authority

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• Complete 30 contact hours biennially, with 20 hours in specialty pharmacotherapeutics. If authorized for controlled substances, include 2 hours in controlled substance prescribing.

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• No CE requirements, but must maintain national certification.

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• Renew every 2 years
• Maintain a national certification
• 2 contact hours designed to address the prescribing of controlled substances if the NP has a Certificate of Fitness

Cleveland Clinic Hospital Medicine

• 20 CE hours relevant to the NP’s focus area every 2 years
• Maintain a national certification
• 5 pharmacology CE hours if the NP has prescriptive authority

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• Maintain national certification and specialty certification every 2 years  OR (if licensed before 7/1/92) complete 30 CE hours and 400 practice hours annually.

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• Maintain national certification. Prescribing APRNs must complete 2 hours in controlled substances biennially.

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• 40 CE hours in the NP’s specialty area every 2 years
• Maintain a national certification

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• 30 CE hours every 2 years in speciality area
• 15 hours in pharmacotherapeutics related to their scope and practice if the NP has prescriptive authority

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• 24 contact hours every 2 years
  • 12 hours must be on pharmacotherapeutics
  • 12 hours must be on the clinical management of patients
  • 12 of these hours may count toward CE requirement for RN license.

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• 16 contact hours every 2 years on clinical pharmacology/therapeutics relevant to the NP’s specialty.

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• Complete either:

  • Maintain national certification OR

  • 60 contact hours biennially AND 400 APRN specialty practice hours

  Prescribing APRNs: Additional 5 hours biennially in pharmacology/drug therapy.

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