Delaware CE Requirements for License Renewal

As a nurse in the state of Delaware, you are required to earn continuing education to renew your active license.

Renewal Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN)

• Every two years
  • 30 hours of continuing education
  • At least 3 of these contact hours must be in the area of substance abuse

Licensed Practical Nurse (PN)

• Every two years
  • 24 hours of continuing education
  • At least 3 of these contact hours must be in the area of substance abuse

Advanced Practice 

• Every two years
  • In addition to the 30 hours required to renew your RN license, 10 contact hours in pharmacology/pharmacotherapeutics to renew prescriptive authority

Meet your license renewal requirements

NCPD Managing Pain in Seriously Ill Patients with Substance Use Disorders
Nursing2021, 2.0 contact hours

NCPD Substance Use Disorder: Screening Adolescents in Primary Care
The Nurse Practitioners, The American Journal of Primary Health Care, 1.5 contact hours

*More CE articles related to substance abuse

Additional CE Resources

• CESaver Collection
• Recommended Nursing CE
• "Never Events" CE Collections
• Topical CE Collections
• Advanced Pharmacology Hours
• Advanced Practice Nursing

Visit the Delaware Board of Nursing for more information on your renewal requirements.

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