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 Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. No upsells. State-specific courses (for Massachusetts mandatory topics) appear first.
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Requirements verified against the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
Massachusetts RNs renew their license every 2 years through the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing and complete 15 contact hours each cycle. Every course on this page is free and accredited, and the list below is curated to count toward Massachusetts requirements.
Massachusetts RNs renew every 2 years with 15 contact hours. The free, accredited courses below are tagged to satisfy 2 of the state's required or conditionally-required topics. Confirm the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
Domestic Violence / Sexual ViolenceConditional
Alzheimer's / DementiaConditional
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Courses that satisfy Massachusetts's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
Simmons University (MA DPH-approved)
Free online training that satisfies the Massachusetts Chapter 260 domestic- and sexual-violence training requirement for nurse licensure. The training and certificate are free; a graded CEU-credit version is an optional paid add-on.
Free training and certificate satisfy the MA Chapter 260 requirement; the only paid option is optional graded CEU credit.
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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