Is anyone else bothered by this? You should be

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CE states and their requirements to keep your Nursing license...

Now is this going to mean that the Nurses in Virginia (requires many CE hours) are going to be better than let's say Arizona Nurses (not required CE hours)?

Well how about in five or 10 years? Will a Virginia hospital let's say in 10 years even consider a nurse that just relocated from Arizona to hire because they NEVER did Continuing Education hours? The Nurses in 0 to low required hours states, I wouldn't be celebrating.

To me this is just another problem in the Nursing industry. ANA can't even come up with a single standard that every state could follow and show unity.

The CA BRN's concern is with people's initial nursing education for licensure. Entirely different kettle of fish. I don't think they're going to get worked up in the future about continuing education credits.

Hi Elkpark, nice to hear from you... I would hope your right. But since California BRN is already concerned about the initial education hours to experienced registered nurses that graduated from a credited schools, passed NECLEXs and are working for years in hospitals in the US in multiple states with license issued from those states. Well that's not good enough for California. I guess time will tell. The sad part is, the states BRN can't even come to a unity agreement with something as simple as this.

That's because the ANA does not control standards by which individual states renew nurses' licenses. I personally don't have an issue with it (I'm in a no CEU required state) as my employer DOES require continuing education- as do most.

Additionally, I require myself to continually read, listen and attend continuing ed.

We know that all employers provide some kind of continued education for their nurses but it's not CE credits that can be counted towards your license for the most part. It is a shame that their is not a unified standard in the US and their is no agreement to what is best for the nursing industry as a whole. It's certainly not fair to the nurses that have to do many CEU hours to have a license in another state. You being in a 0 hour required state I hope for your sake if you relocate in the future to a state that has a high CEU requirements that it would not be a problem and you and others be denied a state license to practice. Time will tell.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

I don't get it...

A licensed nurse is still given time to get CEU's; if I've us a prudent nurse who is always on top if learning, this is really a non-issue; if they go from one state with no CEUs to a state with a certain amount of hours, one still has time; no BON is going to deny someone licensure because they don't have all their CEUs; personally I believe they won't because of the revenue that an endorsing nurse has when applying.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
You being in a 0 hour required state I hope for your sake if you relocate in the future to a state that has a high CEU requirements that it would not be a problem and you and others be denied a state license to practice. Time will tell.

It won't be a problem. It never HAS been a problem, and it never WILL be a problem. I think that you shouldn't be concerned about this issue.

Specializes in Inpatient Oncology/Public Health.

I moved from a state that required 22 hours to a state that required none. Totally weird for me. I do plenty of Ed with my job though.

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