Alaska Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Alaska Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 CE hrs OR other competency options of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- 3 credit hours must be in ethics.
LPN Requirements
- 30 CE hrs OR other competency options of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Biennial renewal. (Alaska Commerce Department)
- 3 credit hours must be in ethics.
APRN Requirements
- 30 CE hours as one competency option of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: None identified
- Required topic: Advanced pharmacology/therapeutics
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Alaska RN required courses
30 contact hours in this list, included with your yearly pass. Always confirm with your board before you renew.
This board names no specific required topic for RNs — any of our courses count toward your hours.
Elective courses
Pick from these to finish your hours. Every one is included with the yearly pass.
5 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills to assess, stabilize, educate, and coordinate care for adults with acute or chronic heart failure across care settings.
6 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills to identify suicide risk, complete a focused assessment, protect patients from immediate harm, and coordinate evidence-based care.
2 contact hoursLearn to recognize possible workplace impairment, protect patients, document objective findings, report through the correct channels, and support safe evaluation and recovery.
4 contact hoursThe role of infection control is to reduce and prevent the risk for hospital-acquired infections. To practice effective infection control practices, the healthcare professional must be knowledgeable of methods to prevent infection transmission. This training provides an overview on infection control and barrier precautions and covers the most current and scientifically accepted practices in infection control as recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
5 contact hoursBuild rapid assessment and nursing management skills for distributive, cardiogenic, hypovolemic, and obstructive shock in adults and children.
3 contact hoursBuild practical skills to deliver respectful, equitable, legally compliant nursing care across cultural, linguistic, religious, disability, military, age, racial, and identity differences.
2 contact hoursBuild skill in recognizing, assessing, documenting, reporting, and responding to suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of older adults.
3 contact hoursCurrent nursing care for adults with kidney failure, including assessment, urgent complications, kidney replacement therapy, and person-centered care planning.
Alaska nursing CE questions
Straight from the Alaska board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Biennial renewal. (Alaska Commerce Department)
- RN requirement
- 30 CE OR 60 professional activity OR 320 practice hrs; 2 methods
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 30 CE OR 60 professional activity OR 320 practice hrs; 2 methods
- Mandatory topics
- 3 credit hours must be in ethics.
- Required courses
- RN: One option is 30 contact hours of continuing education. LPN: One option is 30 contact hours of continuing education. Other accepted options include 30 hours of uncompensated professional activities or 320 hours of nursing employment. (Alaska Commerce Department) Source: Alaska Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- Alaska uses a continuing-competency system rather than a simple CE-only requirement. Before renewal, RN/LPN licensees must complete 2 of the accepted competency methods. The methods include CE, professional activities, and nursing employment. (Alaska Commerce Department) Source: Alaska Board of Nursing.
- Advanced practice CE
- 30 CE hours as one competency option
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- 30 pharmacology contact hours. None identified
- Who it applies to
- APRNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified
- Pain and opioid content
- None identified
- Prescriptive authority
- None identified as a separate CE requirement
- Who approves the course
- Alaska Board of Nursing
- Accepted providers
- ANCC, ACCME, ACPE, NP certifying bodies, nurse anesthetist certifying bodies, or Board-approved sponsors
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