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 →
Field guide · Free CE
Free general mental-health CE for nurses, broadly accepted toward mental-health hours. See the note below before using these for a state suicide-prevention mandate.
3 courses · Last reviewed June 29, 2026
Before you rely on these for a state mandate
The courses below are general mental-health CE. They do NOT satisfy the specific suicide-prevention training that Washington, Utah, Connecticut, and Kentucky mandate, which must come from a board-approved course (Washington requires one from its DOH model list). We could not find a genuinely free course that meets those mandates, so for the required training expect a low-cost paid option (see below). Always confirm with your board.
Required CE in 5 jurisdictions
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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).
Medscape Education
Large, rotating library of free ANCC-accredited nursing CE across clinical specialties, pharmacology, and chronic-disease management. Genuinely free with an account.
Free Medscape account required; specific activities rotate and expire.
Nurse.com
Rotating library of free ANCC-accredited CE designed to satisfy state contact-hour requirements. Topics include human trafficking, dementia care, pain management, mental health.
Free Nurse.com account required.
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