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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18 verified free courses accepted by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. No upsells. State-specific courses (for Louisiana mandatory topics) appear first.
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Returning to nursing after a lapse? See reinstatement and re-entry in Louisiana.
Requirements verified against the Louisiana State Board of Nursing · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
Louisiana RNs renew their license every 2 years through the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, though Louisiana 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 Louisiana requirements.
Louisiana RNs renew every 2 years, though Louisiana sets no blanket CE-hours mandate (CE is one of several competency options). Every verified course below counts toward your total. For any state-specific mandatory topic, check the paid options if no free course fits.
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Courses that satisfy Louisiana's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
Pri-Med
Free 4-contact-hour opioid and pain-care course from Pri-Med, AANP-accredited for nurse practitioners and on the Louisiana State Board of Nursing approved-course list. Satisfies Louisiana's one-time 3-hour controlled-substance prescribing CE required of APRNs at controlled-dangerous-substance licensing (Act 76).
Free (register for free); AANP-accredited (for nurse practitioners); confirm it is on the current LSBN approved list at renewal.
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by Louisiana 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 Louisiana. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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