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 New York State Education Department (NYSED). No upsells. State-specific courses (for New York mandatory topics) appear first.
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Returning to nursing after a lapse? See reinstatement and re-entry in New York.
Requirements verified against the New York State Education Department (NYSED) · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
New York RNs renew their license every 3 years through the New York State Education Department (NYSED), though New York 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 New York requirements.
New York RNs renew every 3 years, though New York 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 New York State Education Department (NYSED) accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
Child Abuse Identification, 2 hrsConditional
Free: Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect
Courses that satisfy New York's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Free 2-hour state-sponsored training that satisfies New York's mandated-reporter child-abuse identification and reporting requirement for nurse licensure. Provided at no cost by NY OCFS.
University at Buffalo / New York State Department of Health
New York's own free prescriber-education program (4 hours) covering pain management, palliative and hospice care, and addiction. Satisfies New York's mandatory prescriber education (PHL 3309-a) for DEA-registered prescribers including nurse practitioners.
Free (no fee). For DEA-registered prescribers (NPs); credit type is AMA PRA Category 1.
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by New York 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 New York. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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