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 Substance Abuse in Pregnancy 
Topics in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1.0 contact hour

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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