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Kentucky APRN continuing education requirements
14 RN CE hours may be satisfied through national APRN certification
APRN, NP, CRNA and CNM requirements
Verified Sep 11, 2026
- Advanced practice CE
- 14 RN CE hours may be satisfied through national APRN certification
- Renewal period
- 1 year
- Pharmacology
- 5 pharmacology contact hours. 5 Pharmacology
- Who it applies to
- All APRNs
- Controlled substances / opioids
- Yes for applicable DEA/KASPER APRNs
- Pain and opioid content
- Yes — pain management/addiction disorders for applicable APRNs
- Prescriptive authority
- Yes
- Who approves the course
- Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN), another state BON, or recognized national nursing organization
- Accepted providers
- KBN; another state BON; recognized national nursing organizations including ANCC, AANP, AANA, AACN, ACNM, NAPNAP, NPWH, etc.
What the board publishes
Verified Sep 11, 2026
- Renewal period
- RN/LPN: Annual renewal cycle, generally November 1 through October 31.
- RN requirement
- 14/year
- LPN / LVN requirement
- 14/year
- Mandatory topics
- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Forms of Dementia — 1 contact hour; Suicide Prevention — 2 contact hours (1 in general; and 1 in chronic toxic stress); Domestic Violence — 3 contact hours; Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma — 1.5 contact hours; LPN Infusion Therapy — Complete a course in infusion therapy that meets the criteria in 201 KAR 20:490 (no hour count stated). These are one-time requirements; once completed they do not need to be repeated.
- Required courses
- RN/LPN: 14 contact hours annually, including applicable suicide-prevention and implicit-bias training. Kentucky also has one-time requirements concerning domestic violence and pediatric abusive head trauma. The exact applicability/timing should be retained when presenting the course requirements. Source: Kentucky Board of Nursing.
- Good to know
- Kentucky requires nurses to meet the Board's annual continuing-education requirement, with certain mandatory topics and special/one-time requirements. Do not describe the requirement as simply 14 generic hours without the mandatory-topic details. Source: Kentucky Board of Nursing.
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