Free Nursing Education Programs - 100+ contact hours

Please contact the Admin Team via Help Desk link if you know of a professional organziation offering free nursing contact hours/ CEU's for review and possible inclusion on this list.

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States Requiring Continuing Education:
Please check your state Board of Nursing for requirements as some require specific courses to meet licensure. Link to Boards of Nursing
found bottom of every Allnurses web page.

ALABAMA
24 hours/two years

ALASKA
30 hours/two years

ARKANSAS
15 hours/two years

CALIFORNIA
30 hours/two years

DELAWARE
RN: 30 hours/two years
LPN: 24 hours/two years

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
RN: 24 hours/two years
LPN: None required

FLORIDA
24 hours/two years

ILLINOIS
20 hours/two years

IOWA
36 hours/three-year license
24 hours/license issued less than three years

KANSAS
30 hours/two years

KENTUCKY
14 hours/year

LOUISIANA
Full time RN: Five hours/year
Part-time RN: 10 hours/year
Inactive RN: 15 hours/yr

MASSACHUSETTS
15 hours/two years

MICHIGAN
25 hours/two years


MINNESOTA
RN: 24 hours/two years
LPN: 12 hours/two years

NEBRASKA
20 hours/two years

NEVADA
30 hours/two years

NEW HAMPSHIRE
30 hours/two years

NEW JERSEY
30 hours/two years

NEW MEXICO
30 hours/two years

NEW YORK
Five hours/four years

NORTH CAROLINA
30 hours (or 15 hours + other nursing activities)/two years

NORTH DAKOTA
12 hours/two years

OHIO
24 hours/two years

PENNSYLVANIA
30 hours/two years

PUERTO RICO
36 hours/three years

RHODE ISLAND
10 hours/two years

SOUTH CAROLINA
30 hours/two years

TEXAS
20 hours/two years

UTAH
30 hours (or 15 hours and 200 licensed practice hours)/two years

WEST VIRGINIA
RN: 12 hours/two years
LPN: 24 hours/two years

WYOMING
20 hours/two years (or other nursing activities)

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