Utah Nursing CE Courses
Last updated Mar 1, 2026
Utah Nursing Continuing Education Requirements
RN Requirements
- 30 hrs OR 15 hrs + 200 practice hrs OR 400 practice hrs of continuing education each renewal period
- RN/
- Competency can be demonstrated through one of the approved combinations
LPN Requirements
- Same
- LPN: Every 2 years.
- Competency can be demonstrated through one of the approved combinations
APRN Requirements
- None identified for currently certified APRNs
- Renewal cycle: 2 years
- Pharmacology: 3.5 CE hours for controlled-substance prescribers
- Required topic: None identified
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Utah RN required courses
22 contact hours in this list, included with your yearly pass. Always confirm with your board before you renew.
6 contact hoursBuild practical nursing skills to identify suicide risk, complete a focused assessment, protect patients from immediate harm, and coordinate evidence-based care.
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.
Utah nursing CE questions
Straight from the Utah board
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Every 2 years.
- RN requirement
- 30 CE OR 200 practice + 15 CE OR 400 practice
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 30 CE OR 200 practice + 15 CE OR 400 practice
- Mandatory topics
- Competency can be demonstrated through one of the approved combinations
- Required courses
- RN/LPN: CE and/or practice-hour pathways are available under Utah's continuing-competency requirements. Action: Use the current Utah Board rule rather than the older Fast CE wording when finalizing the exact hours. Source: Utah Division of Professional Licensing / Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- Utah uses a continuing-competency combination rather than requiring 30 CE hours in every case. Your earlier wording of “30 hours OR 15 hours + 200 practice hours OR 400 practice hours” should be verified against the current Utah rule before final publication.
- Advanced practice CE
- None identified for currently certified APRNs
- Renewal period
- 2 years
- Pharmacology
- 3.5 CE hours for controlled-substance prescribers
- Who it applies to
- APRNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- None identified
- Pain and opioid content
- None identified
- Prescriptive authority
- None identified as a separate CE requirement
- Who approves the course
- Utah Division of Professional Licensing / Board of Nursing
- Accepted providers
- None identified
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