Free nursing CE courses

29 courses

• 2026 NHSN Annual Training (SCWD4931, enduring)

  CDC (NHSN) · 8 contact hours · Video / Webinar · free account needed · credit until 2028-04-27

  Recorded CDC sessions on measuring, validating and acting on healthcare-associated infection data reported to NHSN. Aimed at infection preventionists and quality staff.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• A Nurse's Role in Integrated Pain Management (WB4716R)

  CDC · 0.75 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-11-01

  Nurse-focused CDC module on supporting the 2022 CDC opioid prescribing guideline, including assessment, nonopioid options and safer opioid use.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Alzheimer's Nursing Care

  Incredible Health · 1 contact hour · Read & Test · free account needed

  Reviews the difference between Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, symptoms, stages, treatment and caregiving strategies.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• CDC's 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (WB4701R)

  CDC · 1 contact hour · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-04-28

  Overview of the recommendations in CDC's 2022 opioid prescribing guideline for acute, subacute and chronic pain.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Differentiating Cognitive Aging and Dementia

  Incredible Health · 1.5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Explains how normal cognitive aging differs from dementia and reviews the common types of dementia.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Florida Domestic Violence

  Incredible Health · 2 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Covers forms of domestic violence, screening, trauma-informed care and legal duties. Written to meet Florida's domestic violence CE requirement.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Florida Medical Errors Prevention

  Incredible Health · 2 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Covers causes of medical errors, error-prone situations and processes that improve safety. Written for Florida's medical errors requirement.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Hepatitis C Online — HCV Test and Cure Module

  University of Washington (Hepatitis C Online, CDC-funded) · 5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Five short lessons on hepatitis C epidemiology, screening, pretreatment evaluation, simplified treatment and follow-up.

  Accreditation: Oregon Nurses Association (ANCC-accredited approver) for CNE

• Human Trafficking

  Incredible Health · 1 contact hour · Read & Test · free account needed

  Covers types of human trafficking, U.S. trends, risk factors, warning signs and how nurses can respond and refer.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Illinois Implicit Bias Training

  Incredible Health · 1 contact hour · Read & Test · free account needed

  Explains implicit bias, how it affects health equity and outcomes, and steps clinicians can take to reduce it. Written for Illinois's implicit bias requirement.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Infection Prevention in Dialysis Settings (WB4720R)

  CDC · 1.75 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-08-01

  Self-paced CDC course for dialysis staff on preventing bloodstream and other infections in outpatient hemodialysis.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Kentucky Suicide Prevention

  Incredible Health · 2 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Covers suicide risk factors in the general and nursing populations, prevention strategies and ethical and legal issues. Written for Kentucky's requirement.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• National HIV Curriculum — Module 1: Screening and Diagnosis

  University of Washington (National HIV Curriculum, HRSA-funded) · 5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Five self-study lessons on HIV epidemiology, screening recommendations, diagnostic testing, acute infection and linkage to care. Credit is earned per lesson (1.0 hour each).

  Accreditation: UAB Heersink School of Medicine — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• National HIV Curriculum — Module 5: Prevention of HIV

  University of Washington (National HIV Curriculum, HRSA-funded) · 7.5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Five self-study lessons on perinatal HIV prevention, treatment as prevention, occupational and nonoccupational PEP, and PrEP.

  Accreditation: UAB Heersink School of Medicine — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• National STD Curriculum — Syphilis During Pregnancy and Congenital Syphilis

  University of Washington (National STD Curriculum, CDC-funded) · 1.5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Self-study lesson on screening pregnant patients for syphilis, treating syphilis in pregnancy and recognizing congenital syphilis.

  Accreditation: Oregon Nurses Association (ANCC-accredited approver) for CNE

• Nursing Ethics

  Incredible Health · 1.5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Reviews ethical principles in nursing and how to apply the ANA Code of Ethics, including end-of-life situations.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Pain Management in Nursing

  Incredible Health · 2 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Covers types of pain, assessment, opioid and nonopioid management, and the rules that govern pain treatment.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma - Kentucky

  Incredible Health · 1.5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Covers risk factors, presentation and diagnosis of abusive head trauma in infants and children, plus reporting duties. Written for Kentucky's one-time requirement.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Preparedness and Safety Messaging for Hurricanes, Flooding, and Similar Disasters (WD4921)

  CDC · 0.5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed · credit until 2027-09-26

  CDC guide to the health and safety messages clinicians and responders can give the public before, during and after hurricanes and floods.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Rabies Is Still Here: Epidemiology, Outbreaks, and Costs of Prevention (COCA, WD5003)

  CDC (COCA) · 1 contact hour · Video / Webinar · free account needed · credit until 2028-06-02

  Recorded CDC clinician call on current U.S. rabies epidemiology, exposure assessment and post-exposure prophylaxis.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Safety Culture in Healthcare Settings (WB4450R)

  CDC / NIOSH · 1.5 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-05-23

  NIOSH training on how a strong safety culture protects both healthcare workers and patients, and what staff and leaders can do to build one.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Self-Study Modules on Tuberculosis 1–5 (SS4834)

  CDC · 5 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed · credit until 2028-06-01

  Five CDC self-study modules covering TB transmission, testing, treatment of latent and active TB, and infection control.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• Smiles for Life: National Oral Health Curriculum (9 modules)

  Smiles for Life (STFM) · 1 contact hour · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2029-10-13

  Nine online modules on oral health for clinicians, including child, pregnancy and geriatric oral health. Each module earns 1.0 contact hour.

  Accreditation: ANCC-accredited provider P0367 (per course page)

• STEADI: Empowering Healthcare Providers to Reduce Fall Risk (WB4895)

  CDC · 1.25 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-03-17

  CDC's STEADI training on screening older adults for fall risk, assessing modifiable risk factors and putting a prevention plan in place.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• The One Hour Sepsis Bundle: How to Act in 60 Minutes

  Incredible Health · 2 contact hours · Read & Test · free account needed

  Defines sepsis and septic shock and walks through each part of the one-hour sepsis bundle.

  Accreditation: Incredible Health — ANCC-accredited (per course page)

• Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses (WB5032)

  CDC / NIOSH · 2.5 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2029-07-09

  Online NIOSH course on recognizing risk factors for violence against nurses and on prevention strategies at the unit and organization level. CE is claimed through CDC TRAIN.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• You Call the Shots — Module 1: Understanding the Basics: General Best Practices (WB4650R)

  CDC · 1.5 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-02-19

  CDC immunization module on vaccine scheduling, contraindications, administration technique and documentation.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• You Call the Shots — Module 7: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (WB4649R)

  CDC · 1.25 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2027-01-15

  CDC immunization module on measles, mumps and rubella disease and on MMR vaccine recommendations, storage and administration.

  Accreditation: CDC — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)

• You Can Help! Improving Antibiotic Stewardship & Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes

  SHEA (LearningCE, CDC-funded) · 1.5 contact hours · Interactive Course · free account needed · credit until 2029-02-18

  Course for nursing home staff on their part in antibiotic stewardship and everyday infection prevention.

  Accreditation: SHEA — Joint Accreditation (ACCME/ACPE/ANCC)