Wyoming nursing CE requirements
For registered nurse license renewal, read off Wyoming State Board of Nursing Renewal rather than an aggregator. Checked 2026-10-15.
40 hours
if you satisfy this board with coursework, every 2 years
This board accepts alternatives to sitting continuing education hours. Any one of the pathways below satisfies the requirement.
Ways to satisfy Wyoming
400 practice hours as an RN
400 practice hours40 contact hours of continuing education
40 CE hoursPassing the NCLEX
Completing a refresher course
Completing a nursing education program conferring a degree beyond basic nursing education
Do BLS and ACLS cards count?
The board does not say
One contact hour is
50 minutes
- You can satisfy this board more than one way, so the right number of hours for you depends on which pathway you take.
The CE option is 40 contact hours, not the 30 all three aggregators reported. Biennial in even years, renewing 1 October to 31 December. The board FAQ states Wyoming has no mandatory CE and that CE is an optional competency.
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 Wyoming 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.