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Verified ANCC-accredited and state-approved courses curated by RenewRN. No affiliate links. No upsells. If it's in this list, it's actually free.
16 courses · Last reviewed May 27, 2026
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Wild Iris Medical Education
One free contact hour covering coronavirus pathophysiology, transmission, and clinical presentation. ANCC-accredited and accepted by all U.S. state nursing boards.
Incredible Health
Free CE covering trafficking warning signs, patient interaction, and reporting obligations. ANCC-accredited for nurses in all 50 states.
Free Incredible Health account required.
Incredible Health
Florida-specific human trafficking CE meeting the Florida Department of Health mandatory training requirement for licensure renewal.
Free account required.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
State-approved free human trafficking training that satisfies the Texas mandatory CE requirement for healthcare practitioners. Created and hosted by the Texas HHSC.
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Rotating library of free CE on acute and critical care topics — sepsis, hemodynamics, ventilation, ECG. Hour count varies by course. ANCC-accredited.
Free AACN account required (membership not required).
American Nurses Association
ANA releases free CE courses on rotating topics each month — leadership, ethics, evidence-based practice, well-being. Hour count varies.
Elite Learning
Over 70 free CE courses across clinical specialties — patient safety, pharmacology, infection control, ethics. ANCC-accredited and accepted nationally.
Free Elite Learning account required.
Nurse.com
Rotating library of free ANCC-accredited CE designed to satisfy state contact-hour requirements. Topics include human trafficking, dementia care, pain management, mental health.
Free Nurse.com account required.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Free Patient Safety 100 / Quality Improvement 100 modules covering systems thinking, human factors, and error prevention. Recognized for nursing CE by many state boards.
Free IHI Open School account required.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Free, federally produced training on safer opioid prescribing aligned with the 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline. Satisfies state opioid CE mandates in several jurisdictions.
Wild Iris Medical Education
Free ANCC-accredited implicit bias training that satisfies state mandates in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Washington — and counts as a general CE elsewhere.
Incredible Health
Free Kentucky-specific implicit bias training. ANCC-accredited and satisfies the Kentucky Board of Nursing mandatory implicit bias CE requirement.
Free Incredible Health account required.
Incredible Health
Free Illinois-specific implicit bias training that satisfies the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation 1-hour implicit bias CE requirement for nurses.
Free Incredible Health account required.
Incredible Health
Free Michigan-specific implicit bias training that satisfies the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) implicit bias CE requirement.
Free Incredible Health account required.
Incredible Health
Free Kentucky-specific suicide prevention training that satisfies the Kentucky Board of Nursing's mandatory suicide prevention CE requirement.
Free Incredible Health account required.
Incredible Health
Free CE covering the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia, signs and symptoms, treatments, and stage-specific care strategies. ANCC-accredited and accepted nationally.
Free Incredible Health account required.
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State-mandated topics first — human trafficking, implicit bias, suicide prevention — plus the always-needed ones (patient safety, infection control, opioid prescribing).
Human Trafficking
Required CE for nurses in Texas, Florida, Michigan, and a growing list of states. Federal and state-specific free options below.
Implicit Bias
Mandated CE in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Washington. Free ANCC-accredited options that satisfy each state's requirement.
Opioid Prescribing & Pain Management
Federal CDC training plus other free CE that satisfies state opioid CE mandates and counts toward general pain management hours.
Patient Safety
Free CE on systems thinking, error prevention, and quality improvement — accepted broadly toward general CE hour requirements.
Suicide Prevention & Mental Health
Required CE in Kentucky and Washington, broadly accepted elsewhere. Federal SAMHSA training and ANA mental-health modules.
Infection Control
Free CE on infection prevention, including ongoing COVID-19 and pandemic-preparedness training from ANCC-accredited providers.
Dementia & Alzheimer's Care
Required CE in Illinois and Kentucky, broadly accepted as geriatrics CE elsewhere. Covers Alzheimer's vs. dementia, stage-specific care, and family communication.
Some mandatory topics (Texas human trafficking, Florida domestic violence, California implicit bias) are state-specific. Jump to your state to see courses that satisfy those requirements.
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