Georgia Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Jun 11, 2026
Georgia Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 hours of continuing education every 2 years
- Prescribing/Controlled Substances (prescribers only): as-required
- Georgia offers alternative competency options such as certification or academic credit.
LPN Requirements
- 20 CE hrs OR accredited RN academic program of continuing education each renewal period
- annual license renewal
- RN: one of five continuing-competency options; LPN: 20 CE or accredited RN program
APRN Requirements
- No separate APRN CE-hour requirement identified
- Renewal cycle: Biennial
- Pharmacology: None identified
- Required topic: None identified
Georgia requires electronic submission — we automatically report your completions to CE Broker.
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Georgia 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.
4 contact hoursBuild practical skills in cultural humility, bias mitigation, language access, inclusive assessment, and equitable nursing care across diverse populations.
3 contact hoursEvidence-based guidance for assessing vaping exposure, recognizing acute and chronic complications, treating nicotine dependence, and providing patient-centered nursing care.
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.
4 contact hoursRecognize suspected amniotic fluid embolism, initiate coordinated resuscitation, distinguish major mimics, and support hemorrhage and cardiac-arrest care.
2 contact hoursBuild nursing skills for recognizing, evaluating, treating, and supporting people across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum using person-centered orientation and reminiscence approaches.
3 contact hoursAfter completing this course, the nurse will be able to connect psychotropic medication mechanisms with indications, expected responses, common adverse effects, and urgent safety concerns.
2 contact hoursThe skin limits fluid loss, regulates temperature, supports sensation and immune surveillance, and protects deeper structures from mechanical, chemical, thermal, and microbial injury. A wound compromises these functions. This course classifies common acute and chronic wounds, explains overlapping phases of tissue repair, and identifies local or systemic findings that require escalation.
2 contact hoursAfter completing this course, nurses will be able to distinguish organ donation from tissue donation, explain living and deceased donation pathways, and describe current standards for determining death by neurologic or circulatory criteria.
1 contact hoursRecognize workplace sexual harassment, respond safely, document objectively, report through appropriate channels, and protect patients and colleagues from retaliation.
5 contact hoursBuild safe, evidence-based practice for selecting, verifying, administering, monitoring, and responding to transfusions of blood components.
1 contact hoursTo provide healthcare professionals an overview of common interprofessional communication and collaboration principles, and tools for conflict prevention within the healthcare setting.
Georgia nursing CE questions
Straight from the Georgia board
- Renewal period
- annual license renewal
- RN requirement
- 30/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 30/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- RN: one of five continuing-competency options; LPN: 20 CE or accredited RN program
- Required courses
- RN: 30 CE hours is one approved pathway, but it is not the only pathway. LPN: 20 CE hours or qualifying academic study. CE providers must meet Georgia's accepted-provider requirements. (Georgia Secretary of State) Source: Georgia Board of Nursing / Georgia Secretary of State.
- Good to know
- Georgia uses a continuing-competency system. RN: One of five approved competency options may be used. One option is 30 CE hours; other options include national certification, academic study, or verification of competency with at least 500 practice hours. LPN: 20 CE hours or completion of an accredited academic program. (Georgia Rules and Regulations) Source: Georgia Board of Nursing / Georgia Secretary of State.
- Advanced practice CE
- No separate APRN CE-hour requirement identified
- Renewal period
- Biennial
- Pharmacology
- None identified
- Who it applies to
- APRNs with delegated prescriptive authority
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes — depending on delegated prescribing authority
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes, where applicable
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Georgia Board of Nursing
- Accepted providers
- Accepted providers recognized by national credentialing/certification bodies; examples include ANCC and other recognized specialty organizations
Placeholder citation: Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 410-13 (admin-managed field). Reviewed Jun 11, 2026. CE Broker (electronic reporting)
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