Oklahoma Advanced Practice Registered Nurse CEUs

• Oklahoma APRN Standard Renewal Requirements: APRNs in Oklahoma must renew their license every two years by the last day of their birth month, completing 24 contact hours of Board-approved continuing education per cycle. Of these hours, APRNs with prescriptive authority (CNPs, CNMs, CNSs) must complete 15 hours in pharmacotherapeutics and 2 hours in pain management or opioid use/addiction; CRNAs with prescriptive authority have a dedicated anesthesia pharmacology requirement. Submission of current national certification fulfills the CE requirement for all APRN roles. Complete renewal instructions and standards are on the

  Oklahoma Board of Nursing site
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• First-time renewal: Newly licensed APRNs are placed on the same biennial renewal cycle and must meet qualification and CE/certification standards before their first renewal.

  oklahoma.gov

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• Certification alternative: Maintaining current national certification in the APRN specialty fulfills Oklahoma’s CE renewal requirement; upload or verify certification for each renewal cycle.

  oklahoma.gov

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• Anesthesia: CRNAs with prescriptive authority must complete 8 hours in advanced pharmacology related to anesthesia every renewal. No additional anesthesia requirement for other APRN categories.

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• Other Certifications that nurses hold that needs to be renewed: All specialty or national certifications used to satisfy renewal criteria must be kept current and documented in each renewal cycle.

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