Pennsylvania nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off PA Registered Nurses Licensure Snapshot rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
30 hours
per renewal, every 2 years
Mandatory topics, inside the Pennsylvania total
Child Abuse Recognition
2 hours · every renewal
Required, and the board does not say whether it counts
Organ Donation
2 hours · one-time within 5 years
Begins 1 May 2026. No aggregator carried this requirement.
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
- The board requires 2 hours of Organ Donation but does not say whether it counts inside the total above. Assume it does not until you have confirmed it, so you are not short.
Biennial. The organ donation requirement is new as of May 2026.
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 Pennsylvania 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.
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