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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17 verified free courses accepted by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (WV RN Board). No upsells. State-specific courses (for West Virginia mandatory topics) appear first.
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Returning to nursing after a lapse? See reinstatement and re-entry in West Virginia.
Requirements verified against the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (WV RN Board) · last checked · How RenewRN verifies its data
West Virginia RNs renew their license every 2 years through the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (WV RN Board) and complete 12 contact hours each cycle. Every course on this page is free and accredited, and the list below is curated to count toward West Virginia requirements, and because West Virginia reports through CE Broker, keep your completion certificates after you finish.
West Virginia RNs renew every 2 years with 12 contact hours. The free, accredited courses below are tagged to satisfy 1 of the state's required or conditionally-required topic. Confirm the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (WV RN Board) accepts the specific provider before you rely on one.
Safe Prescribing and Drug Diversion (New Licensees), 3 hrsConditional
Free: A Nurse's Role in Integrated Pain Management, Assessing and Addressing Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), CDC Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Training
ANCC-accredited courses accepted by West Virginia 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 West Virginia. Browse them all, filter by topic, and search the full catalog.
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