Oregon Registered Nurse CEUs

• Oregon Registered Nurse Standard Renewal Requirements: Oregon Registered Nurses must renew their licenses every two years on their birthday. They must attest to completing 400 hours of nursing practice within the last two years to renew without CE. If unable to meet the practice hours requirement, nurses must complete additional continuing education hours based on hours worked in prior years or participate in a Board-approved re-entry program. All nurses must complete a one-time 6-hour pain management course before the first renewal, a 1-hour

  Oregon Pain Management Commission CE
  each renewal, and 2 hours of
  cultural competency
  CE every renewal. CE must be related to the nurse’s practice area and can be completed through various approved activities (
  Oregon Board of Nursing
  ).

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• First-time renewal: Nurses must complete a one-time 6-hour pain management continuing education course before their first license renewal (

  Oregon Board of Nursing
  ).

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• Certification alternative: No information found on certification substituting for practice hour or CE requirements from the state board site.

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• Other Certifications that nurses hold that needs to be renewed: Nurses are required to maintain any specialty or advanced certifications independently of state license renewal.