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 Washington State Board of Nursing. No upsells. State-specific courses (for Washington mandatory topics) appear first.
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Requirements verified against the Washington State Board of Nursing · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
Washington RNs renew their license every 1 year through the Washington State Board of Nursing and complete 8 contact hours each cycle. Every course on this page is free and accredited, and the list below is curated to count toward Washington requirements.
Washington RNs renew every 1 year with 8 contact hours. The free, accredited courses below are tagged to satisfy 1 of the state's required or conditionally-required topic. Confirm the Washington State Board of Nursing accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
Health Equity, 2 hrs required
Free: Advancing Health Equity through Cultural Humility (Washington)
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Courses that satisfy Washington's state-mandatory CE topics specifically.
Area Health Education Center for Western Washington
Free 2-hour health equity course listed on the Washington State Department of Health health-equity CE page. Complies with Washington Substitute Senate Bill 5229, which requires Title 18 health professionals (including registered nurses) to complete at least two hours of health equity continuing education every four years.
Free; enroll with a free account.
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by Washington 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 Washington. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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