Connecticut nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off CT DPH RN Continuing Education rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
2 hours
per renewal, every 6 years
Required, with no hour figure set
Mental Health Screening
no hour figure set · once every 6 years
RNs actively practicing in Connecticut
Screening for PTSD, suicide risk, depression and grief.
Suicide Prevention
no hour figure set · once every 6 years
RNs actively practicing in Connecticut
The split of the 2 hours between the two topics is not specified.
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
There is no general CE hours requirement. The 2 hours is the entire requirement and runs on a 6 year period, which is why cycle_years is 6 here rather than the license renewal interval.
Read from that page on 2026-10-15. Boards change their rules and their websites without announcing either, so treat this as a convenience and the board as the authority.
Get warned before your Connecticut licence renews
Tell us the date on your licence and we will email you 60 days before it lapses. Once, per cycle. No account, no password, nothing else sent to you.
Hold a licence in more than one state?
The compliance map takes the CE you have already done and shows you where it would hold up across all 51 jurisdictions at once, including the ones that do not work the way anybody assumes. Three questions, no account. Both tools are available in English, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.