Nebraska Nurses CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Nebraska 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 Nebraska Board of Nursing accepts courses from any provider who is ANCC accredited.
Continuing Education Requirement
Attention Nebraska Nurses: Executive Order 20-10 will defer continuing education requirements for renewals that occur during the emergency, as well as payments of renewal fees. Licenses due to be renewed during the declared emergency will be extended until 30 days after Executive Order 20-10 is no longer in effect. Renewal notices will then be sent, and licensees will have 90 days to renew by attesting to meeting the continuing education requirement and paying the renewal fee. Additionally, the Department will not enforce any limit on the number of continuing education hours obtained online or by home study for renewal or reinstatement of any type of license during the State Declaration of Public Health Emergency. If licensees obtained online or home study CE hours during the emergency because in-person courses were not available, the Department will accept those CE hours even if the renewal (expiration date) for that profession takes place after the emergency has ended. While the RN and APRN renewal date is October 31, 2020, and October 31, 2021 for LPNs, should the State Declaration of Public Health Emergency continue until the time of expiration for your license, then the suspension of renewal requirements included in Executive Order 20-10 will still be in effect. For more information, please visit http://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/COVID-19-Nebraska-Guidance-Documents.aspx.
The Nebraska Board of Nursing accepts NetCE courses.
RNs and LPNs are required 20 contact hours every two years.
APRNs are required 40 contact hours every two years. Licensees authorized to prescribe are required an additional 10 contact hours in pharmacology.
CNSs are required 40 contact hours in specialty area every two years.
NPs are required 40 contact hours in specialty area every two years, including 10 hours of pharmacotherapeutics. NPs must also maintain national certification.
Beginning with renewals on or after October 1, 2018, licensees who prescribe controlled substances shall include at least 3 hours on prescribing opiates which may include, but is not limited to, education regarding prescribing and administering opiates, and emergency opiate situations. One half-hour of the 3 hours must cover the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).
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All Accreditations and Approvals
License Renewal Instructions
For More Information
Please contact the Nebraska Board of Nursing or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses at (402) 471-4376, or visit their website at http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Nurse-Licensing.aspx.
Additional information regarding your continuing education requirements may be found
at:
http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Nurse-Licensing-Renewal-and-Continuing-Education.aspx
- APRNs, RNs, and LPNs.
http://dhhs.ne.gov/licensure/Pages/Nurse-Licensing-Regulations-and-Statutes.aspx
- Links to each profession's Regulations and Statutes.
