Arkansas Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Arkansas Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 15 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- bi-annual
- Advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority: an additional five contact hours of pharmacotherapeutics related to their specialty certification.
LPN Requirements
- 15 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- bi-annual
- Advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority: an additional five contact hours of pharmacotherapeutics related to their specialty certification.
APRN Requirements
- 15 hours OR national certification/qualifying pathway of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: 5 Pharmacology if active prescriptive authority
- Required topic: Pharmacotherapeutics related to APRN practice
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Arkansas RN required courses
15 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.
3 contact hoursAfter completing this course, the nurse will be able to recognize variable asthma symptoms, assess exacerbation severity, and explain the objective tests used to confirm airflow variability.
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3 contact hoursPrepares nurses to recognize, report, and respond to a potential or actual active shooter event while accounting for patients who cannot independently evacuate.
Arkansas nursing CE questions
Straight from the Arkansas board
- Renewal period
- bi-annual
- RN requirement
- 15 practice-focused CE OR national certification OR 1 college nursing credit
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 15 practice-focused CE OR national certification OR 1 college nursing credit
- Mandatory topics
- Advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority: an additional five contact hours of pharmacotherapeutics related to their specialty certification.
- Required courses
- RN: 15 practice-focused contact hours OR qualifying national certification/recertification OR qualifying academic nursing course. LPN: Same alternatives. No specific mandatory subject is identified for standard RN/LPN renewal in the Board information. (Arkansas Department of Health) Source: Arkansas State Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- Active RN/LPN licensees can satisfy continuing education/competency through one of several alternatives, rather than CE being the only pathway. The main CE pathway is 15 practice-focused contact hours. A nationally recognized certification/recertification or qualifying academic nursing course may also satisfy the requirement. (Arkansas Department of Health) Source: Arkansas State Board of Nursing.
- Advanced practice CE
- 15 hours OR national certification/qualifying pathway
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- 5 pharmacology contact hours. 5 Pharmacology if active prescriptive authority
- Who it applies to
- APRNs with active prescriptive authority
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified as a separate requirement
- Pain and opioid content
- None identified
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes — APRNs with prescriptive authority
- Who approves the course
- Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN)
- Accepted providers
- ASBN-approved providers and Board-recognized/accredited organizations
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