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19 verified free courses accepted by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. No upsells. State-specific courses (for District of Columbia mandatory topics) appear first.
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Requirements verified against the District of Columbia Board of Nursing · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
District of Columbia RNs renew their license every 2 years through the District of Columbia Board of Nursing and complete 24 contact hours each cycle. Every course on this page is free and accredited, and the list below is curated to count toward District of Columbia requirements.
District of Columbia RNs renew every 2 years with 24 contact hours. The free, accredited courses below are tagged to satisfy 2 of the state's required or conditionally-required topics. Confirm the District of Columbia Board of Nursing accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
Public Health, 3 hrs required
LGBTQ Cultural Competency, 2 hrs required
Free: Improving Cultural Competency for Behavioral Health Professionals, LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center: Free CME/CEU Modules, Implicit Bias Training for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals
Courses that satisfy District of Columbia's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center (The Fenway Institute)
Free on-demand LGBTQ health learning modules (implicit bias, affirming communication, sexual- and gender-minority health) usable for the District of Columbia's LGBTQ cultural-competency CE requirement. Nurses are eligible for credit.
Free, but the exact contact-hour award per module is shown only after creating a free account; confirm hours meet DC's 2-hour LGBTQ requirement.
University of Washington IDEA Program (HRSA-funded)
Free, comprehensive self-paced HIV curriculum with nursing CE across many lessons. Useful toward the District of Columbia's public-health (sexual health) CE priority; accumulate hours across lessons. Note: this does NOT satisfy Florida's or Nevada's HIV/AIDS mandates, which require state-specific content.
Free of charge; free account required. CE is earned per lesson, accumulate to the hours you need.
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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