New Jersey Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
New Jersey Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- At least one credit of continuing education in topics concerning prescription opioid drugs.
LPN Requirements
- 30 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Every 2 years.
- At least one credit of continuing education in topics concerning prescription opioid drugs.
APRN Requirements
- 30 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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New Jersey RN required courses
30.5 contact hours in this list, included with your yearly pass. Always confirm with your board before you renew.
3 contact hoursTo provide healthcare providers an overview of pain, opioid use disorder, and current practices in prescribing controlled substances.
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.
2.5 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills to preserve dignity, assess distress, support spiritual needs, communicate goals, and provide patient-centered care near death.
4 contact hoursBuild nursing competence in recognizing, diagnosing, monitoring, and managing type 1, type 2, gestational, and monogenic diabetes 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.
10 contact hoursApply current nursing ethics codes, structured reasoning, informed consent standards, advocacy practices, and professional accountability to common clinical dilemmas.
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.
Continuing education courses related to nursing must be approved by a credentialing agency accredited by the American Nurses Crediting Services (ANCC)
Taken at the board — this one is not offered by us.
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New Jersey nursing CE questions
Straight from the New Jersey board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- 30/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 30/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- At least one credit of continuing education in topics concerning prescription opioid drugs.
- Required courses
- RN: 30 contact hours, including 1 hour prescription-opioid education. The old organ/tissue-donation requirement was a one-time requirement for certain RNs and should not be presented as a recurring every-renewal course. LPN: 30 contact hours, including 1 hour prescription-opioid education. (New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs)
- Good to know
- New Jersey requires 30 contact hours of continuing professional education during each biennial period. Courses must be offered by an approved provider. Up to 15 excess contact hours may be carried forward to the next renewal period. (New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs)
- Advanced practice CE
- 30 hours
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- 6 pharmacology contact hours. None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology requirement
- Who it applies to
- APNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes — controlled-substance/prescribing content should be included where applicable
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- New Jersey Board of Nursing / Division of Consumer Affairs
- Accepted providers
- Board-recognized CE providers/qualifying educational organizations
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