Tennessee Advanced Practice Registered Nurse CEUs

• Tennessee APRN Standard Renewal Requirements: Tennessee APRNs renew every two years in their birth month. Renewal requires maintenance of a current national certification in the advanced specialty and completion of one additional Board-approved competence activity each cycle. If you have a Certificate of Fitness (prescriptive authority), you must also complete 2 hours of CE on

  controlled substance prescribing
  (covering Tennessee's chronic pain management guidelines) per renewal (
  Tennessee Board of Nursing
  ).

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• First-time renewal: All newly licensed APRNs, including at initial renewal, must meet national certification and the one additional continued competence requirement; there is no first-time waiver

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• Certification alternative: National certification in your APRN specialty is mandatory each cycle and cannot be substituted; the second requirement may be met with another continued competence activity.

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• Other Certifications that nurses hold that need to be renewed: APRNs must maintain any additional specialty or population-focused certifications as required by employer or certifying body, separate from Board renewal.