APRN
Nur 403.01 Continuing Education Requirements for LPN, RN and APRN.
(a) Each applicant for licensure by endorsement, renewal or reinstatement for an RN or LPN license shall complete at least 30 contact hours of workshops, conferences, lectures or in-service educational offerings that are designed to enhance nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills. Current national certification may be used to fulfill such continuing education requirement.
(b) Educational courses offering content in the following shall fulfill the requirements of (a) above:
(c) One or more of the following educational activities shall fulfill the requirements of (a) above:
(d) Each APRN applicant for APRN license renewal or reinstatement shall complete at least 30 contact hours of continuing education in addition to the continuing education requirements to renew or reinstate a RN license within the 2 years immediately preceding date of application. At least 20 of the 30 hours shall be specific to the specialty practice area, and 5 hours shall be education in pharmacology appropriate to the specialty practice area.
Nur 403.02 Continuing Education Requirements for LNA. Each applicant for renewal, reinstatement, or endorsement of an LNA license shall complete at least 12 contact hours per year of workshops, conferences, lectures, or in-service educational offerings that are designed to enhance nursing assistant knowledge, judgment, and skills. Successful completion of a state nursing assistant examination may be used to fulfill such continuing education requirements.
Nur 403.03 Continuing Education Requirements for MNA. Each applicant for renewal of an MNA license shall complete at least 4 contact hours per year of workshops, conferences, lectures, or in-service educational offerings that are designed to enhance nursing assistant knowledge, judgment, and skills related to medications and/or medication administration.
Nur 403.04 Method of Calculation of Contact Hours for Individualized Learning.
(a) Academic credit for courses shall be converted to contact hours, with one credit being the equivalent of 15 contact hours.
(b) Individualized learning activities shall count on an hour-for-hour basis towards fulfilling the requirements of continuing education.
The Board does not require that your contact hours be earned at conferences that provide "official" contact hours granted by a professional organization. However, the educational offering must:
Documentation
The licensee shall maintain documentation of attendance that includes: the title, length and date of the offering and the name of the entity providing the offering. There is no limit to the number of contact hours that can be completed through independent study. However, individualized learning courses must have some method of verifying that the course was completed.
December 20, 2018 Board of Nursing Interpretation of Nur 403.01:
Are nurses permitted to repeat the same educational offering in the same two year renewal period and receive credit from the board office for attending both? Yes
Are courses such as glucometer training, use of IV pumps and back training (mandatory training for organizations) counted towards courses that “are designed to enhance nursing knowledge, judgment, and skills.”? Yes
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