Every CE requirement verified against official state nursing board sources. How RenewRN verifies the data →
Every CE requirement verified against official state nursing board sources. How RenewRN verifies the data →
Free CE Discovery · California
10 verified free courses accepted by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). No affiliate links. No upsells. State-specific courses (for California mandatory topics) appear first.
ANCC-accredited courses — accepted by California and every other state nursing board that recognizes ANCC. Search or filter to find the topic you need.
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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.
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 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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