Florida CE Requirements for License Renewal
As a nurse in the state of Florida, you are required to earn continuing education to renew your active license.
Renewal Requirements
RN
- Every two years
- 16 hours of continuing education, including:
- 2 hours related to medical error prevention
- 2 hours on the laws and rules that govern the practice of nursing in Florida
- 2 hours related to human trafficking
- Initial renewal
- 1 hour related to HIV/AIDS
- Every four years
- 2 hours related to recognizing impairment in the workplace
- Each third renewal period
- An additional 2 hours related to domestic violence
LPN
- Every two years
- 16 hours of continuing education, including:
- 2 hours related to medical error prevention
- 2 hours on the laws and rules that govern the practice of nursing in Florida
- 2 hours related to human trafficking
- Initial renewal
- 1 hour related to HIV/AIDS
- Every four years
- 2 hours related to recognizing impairment in the workplace
- Each third renewal period
- An additional 2 hours related to domestic violence
Advanced Practice
- Every two years
- 16 hours of continuing education, including:
- 2 hours related to medical error prevention
- 2 hours on the laws and rules that govern the practice of nursing in Florida
- 2 hours related to human trafficking
- 3 hours on the safe and effective prescription of controlled substances
- Initial renewal
- 1 hour related to HIV/AIDS
- Every four years
- 2 hours related to recognizing impairment in the workplace
- Each third renewal period
- An additional 2 hours related to domestic violence
Meet your license renewal requirements
NCPD Human Trafficking
Lippincott Professional Development Collection, 2 contact hours
NCPD Preventing and Managing Medical Errors for Nurse Managers - FL BON Requirement
Home Healthcare Now, Nursing Management, 2 contact hours
NCPD HIV Update: Where are we Now? - FLORIDA LAW FOR HIV/AIDS
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, 1 contact hour
NCPD Florida Law for HIV/AIDS: An Update for Home Healthcare Clinicians
Home Healthcare Now, 2 contact hours
NCPD Update: What Nurses Need to Know About Human Trafficking
Journal of Christian Nursing, 2 contact hours
NCPD Florida Law for Recognizing Impairment in the Workplace
Nursing Management, 2 contact hours
NCPD The CARE Approach: Supporting Women Who Disclose Intimate Partner Violence
Nursing Made Incrediby Easy, 1 contact hour
NCPD A Case of Nonfatal Strangulation Associated With Intimate Partner Violence
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 1.5 contact hours
NCPD Drug Diversion and Safe Prescribing of Controlled Substances
The Nurse Practitioner, 3.3 contact hours
Additional CE Resources
Visit the Florida Board of Nursing for more information on your renewal requirements.
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