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18 verified free courses accepted by the Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education. No upsells. State-specific courses (for Rhode Island mandatory topics) appear first.
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Requirements verified against the Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
Rhode Island RNs renew their license every 2 years through the Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education and complete 10 contact hours each cycle. Every course on this page is free and accredited, and the list below is curated to count toward Rhode Island requirements.
Rhode Island RNs renew every 2 years with 10 contact hours. The free, accredited courses below are tagged to satisfy 1 of the state's required or conditionally-required topic. Confirm the Rhode Island Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Education accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
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Courses that satisfy Rhode Island's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
PCSS / American Society of Addiction Medicine (SAMHSA-funded)
Free 4-contact-hour ANCC course on treating alcohol use disorder, made available at no cost through SAMHSA funding and jointly accredited (ANCC). Satisfies the substance-abuse continuing education Rhode Island (2 hours) and Delaware (3 hours) require of nurses, and exceeds both.
Free (SAMHSA-funded); free account required.
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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