Michigan Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Apr 27, 2026
Michigan Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 25 hours of continuing education every 2 years
- Pain and Symptom Management: 2 contact hours
- Implicit Bias Training: 2 contact hours
- Human Trafficking: one-time
LPN Requirements
- 15 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Every 2 years.
- 2 hrs implicit bias; 2 hrs pain/pain symptom management; human trafficking one-time
APRN Requirements
- 25 hours of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology requirement
- Required topic: None identified
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Michigan RN required courses
28 contact hours in this list, included with your yearly pass. Always confirm with your board before you renew.
2 contact hoursBuild practical skills to recognize and interrupt implicit bias in clinical decisions, communication, staffing, and systems of care.
3 contact hoursBuild nursing skills to assess chronic pain, set functional goals, apply multimodal treatment, reduce medication-related harm, and coordinate person-centered care.
3 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills to recognize possible sex or labor trafficking, provide trauma-informed care, meet reporting duties, document findings, and coordinate safe referrals.
Elective courses
Pick from these to finish your hours. Every one is included with the yearly pass.
10 contact hoursApply current nursing ethics codes, structured reasoning, informed consent standards, advocacy practices, and professional accountability to common clinical dilemmas.
2 contact hoursBuilds nursing skill in recognizing, stabilizing, documenting, and reporting suspected child maltreatment and abusive pediatric head trauma.
2 contact hoursLearn to recognize depression and suicide risk in nurses, respond safely, create a collaborative safety plan, and support evidence-based workplace prevention.
3 contact hoursA practical, evidence-based course on HIV transmission, testing, treatment as prevention, PrEP, PEP, and management of occupational exposure.
3 contact hoursAfter completing this course, nurses will be able to identify colorectal cancer risk factors, recognize concerning symptom patterns, and distinguish screening from diagnostic evaluation.
Michigan nursing CE questions
Straight from the Michigan board
- Renewal period
- RN: Every 2 years. LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- 25/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 25/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- 2 hrs implicit bias; 2 hrs pain/pain symptom management; human trafficking one-time
- Required courses
- RN: 25 CE hours, including 2 hours implicit bias and 2 hours pain and pain-symptom management; human trafficking training is a one-time requirement. LPN: 15 CE hours, including the same 2-hour implicit-bias and 2-hour pain-management requirements; human trafficking is one-time. Source: Michigan LARA / Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- RN and LPN CE totals are different. Mandatory subject requirements must be completed within the applicable renewal period. Human-trafficking training is a one-time requirement for licensees subject to it.
- Advanced practice CE
- 25 hours
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology requirement
- Who it applies to
- APRNs / specialty licensees
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes, where controlled-substance prescribing applies
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes, applicable controlled-substance/prescribing requirements should be addressed separately
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Michigan Board of Nursing / LARA
- Accepted providers
- CE must satisfy Michigan nursing continuing-education rules
Placeholder citation: Mich. Admin. Code R 338.10501 (admin-managed field). Reviewed Apr 27, 2026. User self-report; audit on request
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