Oklahoma Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Oklahoma Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 24 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- No general mandatory topic identified for RN/LPN renewal
LPN Requirements
- 24 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Every 2 years.
- No general mandatory topic identified for RN/LPN renewal
APRN Requirements
- 24 hours OR another continuing-qualification pathway of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: 15 pharmacotherapeutics hours for non-independent prescriptive authority; 40 Category I CME hours for independent prescriptive authority
- Required topic: Pharmacotherapeutics, clinical application, pharmacologic agents; pain or opioid/addiction
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Oklahoma RN required courses
16 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 hoursTo provide healthcare professionals with knowledge of medication errors and review strategies to reduce the risk of a medication error.
4 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills for recognizing autism, supporting assessment, adapting care, managing health needs, and partnering with autistic people and families across the lifespan.
5 contact hoursBuild safe, evidence-based practice for selecting, verifying, administering, monitoring, and responding to transfusions of blood components.
3 contact hoursEvidence-based nursing care for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, staging, treatment, symptom management, survivorship, recurrence, and metastatic disease.
10 contact hoursApply current nursing ethics codes, structured reasoning, informed consent standards, advocacy practices, and professional accountability to common clinical dilemmas.
Oklahoma nursing CE questions
Straight from the Oklahoma board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- 24/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 24/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- No general mandatory topic identified for RN/LPN renewal
- Required courses
- RN: 24 CE hours when using the CE pathway. LPN: 24 CE hours when using the CE pathway. No general mandatory topic is listed here for ordinary RN/LPN renewal. Source: Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- Oklahoma requires continuing competency for renewal. The CE pathway requires 24 contact hours, but nurses may have alternative competency methods depending on their circumstances.
- Advanced practice CE
- 24 hours OR another continuing-qualification pathway
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- 15 pharmacology contact hours. 15 pharmacotherapeutics hours for non-independent prescriptive authority; 40 Category I CME hours for independent prescriptive authority
- Who it applies to
- APRNs with prescriptive authority under supervising physician
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes for prescriptive authority
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes — pain or opioid/addiction
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Oklahoma Board of Nursing / Formulary Advisory Council process
- Accepted providers
- Board-recognized providers; pharmacology hours may be submitted directly to the Board for review
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