Kansas Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Kansas Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 CNE hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- No general mandatory topic identified
LPN Requirements
- 30 CNE hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Biennial. The expiration date falls on the last day of the licensee's birth month; odd/even birth years determine the renewal year. (Kansas Department of Revenue)
- No general mandatory topic identified
APRN Requirements
- 30 of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: None identified
- Required topic: None identified
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Kansas 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.
2 contact hoursBuild practical skills to recognize and interrupt implicit bias in clinical decisions, communication, staffing, and systems of care.
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 hoursBuild nursing competence in recognizing, assessing, triaging, and supporting evidence-based treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder across care settings.
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.
1 contact hoursTo provide healthcare professionals an overview of common interprofessional communication and collaboration principles, and tools for conflict prevention within the healthcare setting.
Kansas nursing CE questions
Straight from the Kansas board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Biennial. The expiration date falls on the last day of the licensee's birth month; odd/even birth years determine the renewal year. (Kansas Department of Revenue)
- RN requirement
- 30/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 30/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- No general mandatory topic identified
- Required courses
- RN: 30 approved CNE contact hours. LPN: 30 approved CNE contact hours. No specific mandatory course topic is identified for the standard RN/LPN CNE requirement. CNE must be from an accepted provider. (Kansas Department of Revenue) Source: Kansas State Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- 30 approved CNE contact hours are required during the most recent licensing period. There is an exception for licenses expiring within 30 months following initial licensure examination and for licenses expiring within the first 9 months following reinstatement or endorsement. (Kansas Department of Revenue)
- Advanced practice CE
- 30
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- None identified
- Who it applies to
- APRNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified
- Pain and opioid content
- None identified
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN)
- Accepted providers
- KSBN-approved long-term providers and programs approved through KSBN
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