South Carolina Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
South Carolina Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- 30 hours OR approved competency alternatives; no single mandatory topic for the general CE pathway identified
LPN Requirements
- 30 hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- LPN: Biennial renewal.
- 30 hours OR approved competency alternatives; no single mandatory topic for the general CE pathway identified
APRN Requirements
- 30 RN CE hours / continuing competency pathway of continuing education for advanced practice nurses
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology CE requirement
- Required topic: Pharmacotherapeutics; controlled substances
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South Carolina RN required courses
30 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.
3 contact hoursBuild practical skills to deliver respectful, equitable, legally compliant nursing care across cultural, linguistic, religious, disability, military, age, racial, and identity differences.
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.
1 contact hoursRecognize workplace sexual harassment, respond safely, document objectively, report through appropriate channels, and protect patients and colleagues from retaliation.
4 contact hoursExplains how hypertension and chronic kidney disease reinforce one another and guides nurses in assessment, treatment, kidney replacement therapy, and patient education.
10 contact hoursApply current nursing ethics codes, structured reasoning, informed consent standards, advocacy practices, and professional accountability to common clinical dilemmas.
5 contact hoursA 5-hour clinical review of pneumothorax classification, recognition, emergency response, treatment, chest drainage, and patient education for nurses.
South Carolina nursing CE questions
Straight from the South Carolina board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Biennial renewal.
- RN requirement
- Continuing competency pathways; 30 CE is one standard approach
- LPN / LVN requirement
- Continuing competency pathways
- Mandatory topics
- 30 hours OR approved competency alternatives; no single mandatory topic for the general CE pathway identified
- Required courses
- RN: One competency option is 30 contact hours from a Board-recognized provider. LPN: Same 30-hour CE option. However, the nurse may select one of the other approved competency pathways instead. There is no general mandatory course topic for the CE pathway. (LLR South Carolina)
- Good to know
- Important correction: South Carolina does not mandate 30 CE hours specifically. RN/LPNs must choose one of four continuing-competency options. One option is 30 contact hours from a Board-recognized provider. Other options include national certification/recertification, an academic nursing/related program, or employer verification of competency. (LLR South Carolina)
- Advanced practice CE
- 30 RN CE hours / continuing competency pathway
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- None identified as a separate APRN pharmacology CE requirement
- Who it applies to
- APRNs with prescriptive authority
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes, where applicable
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes, where applicable to prescribing/controlled substances
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- South Carolina Board of Nursing / LLR
- Accepted providers
- Board-approved/recognized providers and qualifying national organizations
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