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 →
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19 verified free courses accepted by the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing. No upsells. State-specific courses (for Connecticut mandatory topics) appear first.
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Requirements verified against the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
Connecticut RNs renew their license every 1 year through the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing, though Connecticut sets no blanket CE-hours mandate, so CE is one of several ways to demonstrate competency. Every course on this page is free and accredited, and the list below is curated to count toward Connecticut requirements.
Connecticut RNs renew every 1 year, though Connecticut sets no blanket CE-hours mandate (CE is one of several competency options). The free, accredited courses below are tagged to satisfy 1 of the state's required or conditionally-required topic. Confirm the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
Mental Health Screening & Suicide Prevention, 2 hrs required
Free: Therapeutic Risk Management With PTSD Part 1: Suicide Risk Assessment and Stratification, Preventing Suicide Through Lethal Means Safety (MLS) Training
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Courses that satisfy Connecticut's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
VA National Center for PTSD
Free 1-hour course on clinical suicide risk assessment and stratification: ideation, intent and plans, risk and protective factors, and structured instruments. For Connecticut nurses it maps to the screening prong of CT's 2-hour mental-health screening and suicide-prevention requirement.
Credit for non-VA clinicians is claimed through a free VHA TRAIN account.
Veterans Health Administration
Free 1-hour suicide-prevention training on lethal means safety counseling, offered at no cost under MISSION Act Section 123. For Connecticut nurses it maps to the suicide-prevention prong of CT's 2-hour requirement.
Free TRAIN registration required; complete the 1-hour version for CE (the 20-minute short version awards no credit).
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by Connecticut and every other state nursing board that recognizes ANCC. A few to get you started. The full, searchable catalog lives on the main free-CE page.
Advocate Health
Free, ANCC-accredited 1-contact-hour implicit-bias awareness training for licensed healthcare professionals. A genuinely free national option for implicit-bias or cultural-competency CE; some states require 2 hours, so confirm the total against your state's requirement.
Free account required; the course page shows Cost: $0.00.
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nurse-specific federal training on integrated, multimodal pain management and the nurse's role in safe opioid use. Free contact hours via CDC TRAIN.
Free CDC TRAIN account required (course WB4716R).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Free federal training on screening for, diagnosing, and managing opioid use disorder, including medications for OUD. Contact hours via CDC TRAIN.
Free CDC TRAIN account required (course WB4664R).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Self-paced immunization modules (vaccine administration, storage & handling, Vaccines for Children, and more), roughly 1 to 1.25 nursing contact hours each, free via CDC TRAIN.
Free CDC TRAIN account required; CE earned per module.
11 more free, ANCC-accredited courses are accepted in Connecticut. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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