Rhode Island Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Rhode Island Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 10 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- 2 hrs substance abuse
LPN Requirements
- 10 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Every 2 years.
- 2 hrs substance abuse
APRN Requirements
- 10 hours of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology CE requirement
- Required topic: Opioid prescribing, pharmacology, adverse events, dependence, SUD, alternatives
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Rhode Island RN required courses
10 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 hoursBuild nursing skills for recognizing, evaluating, treating, and supporting people across the Alzheimer’s disease continuum using person-centered orientation and reminiscence approaches.
Elective courses
Pick from these to finish your hours. Every one is included with the yearly pass.
5 contact hoursBuild safe, evidence-based practice for selecting, verifying, administering, monitoring, and responding to transfusions of blood components.
Rhode Island nursing CE questions
Straight from the Rhode Island board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- 10/2 yrs
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 12/2 yrs
- Mandatory topics
- 2 hrs substance abuse
- Required courses
- RN: 10 CE hours, including 2 hours substance abuse. LPN: 10 CE hours, including 2 hours substance abuse. Courses must be approved by the Rhode Island Board of Registration and Nursing Education or an accepted approving organization. (Rhode Island Department of Health)
- Good to know
- The current Rhode Island Department of Health states that nurses seeking renewal must complete 10 CE hours every 2-year licensing cycle. The previous information we had showing 12 hours for LPNs should therefore be corrected. (Rhode Island Department of Health)
- Advanced practice CE
- 10 hours
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology CE requirement
- Who it applies to
- APRNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology requirement
- Pain and opioid content
- None identified
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Rhode Island Board of Nursing / Department of Health
- Accepted providers
- Qualifying CE providers recognized under RI nursing rules
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