West Virginia Nurses CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
West Virginia Nurses
In
support of improving patient care, NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to
provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses and West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses accepts courses from any provider who is ANCC accredited.
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Continuing Education Requirement
RNs: Required 12 contact hours each annual licensing period, 2 of which must be related to mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans. Licensees authorized to prescribe, dispense, and/or administer controlled substances are required 3 hours of drug diversion training at initial licensure, and 1 hour every renewal thereafter.
APRNs: Required 24 hours each licensing period, of which 12 hours must be in pharmacotherapeutics and 12 hours must be clinical management practice.
LPNs: Required 24 contact hours every two year licensing period. Requirements include:
- 3 hours in chemical dependence/substance abuse disorders, every renewal,
- 2 hours in mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, every renewal,
- One-time requirement of 2 contact hours in end-of-life care with pain management at initial renewal.
For More Information
RNs and APRNs may contact the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses at (304) 744-0900, or visit their website at http://www.wvrnboard.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx. LPNs may contact the West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses at (304) 558-3572 or (877) 558-5767, or visit their website at http://www.lpnboard.state.wv.us/.
Additional information regarding your continuing education requirements may be found
at:
http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=19131&Format=PDF -
RNs.
http://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=24785&Format=PDF -
APRNs.
http://www.lpnboard.statwv.us/10-06.PDF - LPNs.
