Pennsylvania CE Requirements for License Renewal
As a nurse in the state of Pennsylvania, you are required to earn continuing education to renew your active license.
Renewal Requirements
RN
- Every two years
- 30 hours of continuing education, including 2 hours of approved training on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting (3 hours for initial licensure)
LPN
- Every two years
- 30 hours of continuing education, including 2 hours of approved training on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting (3 hours for initial licensure)
Advanced Practice
- Every two years
- 30 hours of continuing education, including 2 hours of approved training on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting (3 hours for initial licensure)
- 2 hours in pain management or the identification of addiction or in the practices of prescribing or dispensing of opioids for CRNP with prescriptive authority (as a portion of the total continuing education required)
- *If you do not have a DEA registration and do not use another person or entity’s DEA registration to prescribe any controlled substances, you do not need to complete the Opioid CE.
Meet your license renewal requirements
NCPD Appropriate Use of Opioids in Managing Chronic Pain
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 3.0 contact hours
NCPD The Tightrope Walk: Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship
Orthopaedic Nursing ,1.0 contact hours
NCPD Drug Diversion and Safe Prescribing of Controlled Substances
The Nurse Practitioner and
Journal of Nursing Administration, 3.3 contact hours
NCPD Implementing Guidelines for Treating Chronic Pain with Prescription Opioids
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1.5 contact hours
Additional CE Resources
Visit the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing for more information on your renewal requirements.
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