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Nevada Continuing Education Requirements

Details about continuing education and license renewal in Nevada. Jump straight to your profession below.

Registered Nurse (RN) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Certified Medication Assistant (CMA) Medical Assistant (MA)

Nevada Registered Nurse (RN)

30 hours · Every two years
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
RNs are required to complete 30 contact hours every two years. 

Special Requirements

  • Four (4) hours bioterrorism (one time requirement)
  • Four (4) hours Cultural Competency and Implicit Bias every renewal cycle.
  • Two (2) hours training in stigma, discrimination and unrecognized bias towards persons who have acquired or at a high risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus to be completed within two (2) years after beginning to provide or supervise the provision of emergency medical services in a hospital or primary care.
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Phone888-590-6726
Fax702-486-5803
WebsiteVisit Site
Address 4220 S. Maryland Pkwy., Building B, Suite 300

Las Vegas, NV  89119-7533
Requirements Disclaimer: Although we try to keep our information as up-to-date as possible, ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual user to understand and keep up-to-date with the requirements of the license possessed.

Nevada Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

45 hours · Every two years
Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2025
In addition to complying with the RN renewal requirements, APRNs have to take an additional fifteen (15) CEs directly related to their specialties, for a total of forty-five (45) hours of continuing education, to include the requirements below:

Special Requirements

  • Two (2) hours suicide prevention course completed every 4 years.
  • Two (2) hours substance use and abuse course completed every renewal cycle.
  • Two (2) hours for APRNs registered to dispense controlled substances; related to the misuse and abuse of controlled substances, the prescribing of opioids or addiction.
  • Four (4) hours Cultural Competency and Implicit Bias every renewal cycle.
  • Maintain APRN portfolio as per: APRN Portfolio.
  • Eight (8) hours on treating and managing patients with opioid or other SUD including appropriate clinical use of all FDA approved drugs for treatment of an SUD is a one time requirement for all DEA registered practitioners.
  • Four (4) hours bioterrorism (one time requirement).
  • Two (2) hours training in stigma, discrimination and unrecognized bias towards persons who have acquired or at a high risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus to be completed within two (2) years after beginning to provide or supervise the provision of emergency medical services in a hospital or primary care.
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Phone888-590-6726
Fax702-486-5803
WebsiteVisit Site
Address 4220 S. Maryland Pkwy., Building B, Suite 300
Las Vegas  89119-7533
Requirements Disclaimer: Although we try to keep our information as up-to-date as possible, ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual user to understand and keep up-to-date with the requirements of the license possessed.

Nevada Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

30 hours · Every two years
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

LPNs are required to complete thirty (30) contact hours of continuing education each renewal period.
 

Special Requirements

  • Four (4) hours bioterrorism (one time requirement)
  • Four (4) hours Cultural Competency and Implicit Bias every renewal cycle.
  • Two (2) hours training in stigma, discrimination and unrecognized bias towards persons who have acquired or at a high risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus to be completed within two (2) years after beginning to provide or supervise the provision of emergency medical services in a hospital or primary care.
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Phone888-590-6726
Fax702-486-5803
WebsiteVisit Site
Address 4220 S. Maryland Pkwy., Building B, Suite 300
Las Vegas  89119-7533
Requirements Disclaimer: Although we try to keep our information as up-to-date as possible, ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual user to understand and keep up-to-date with the requirements of the license possessed.

Nevada Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

24 hours · Every two years
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
You must have completed 24 continuing education (CE) hours and have practiced at least 40 hours as a CNA within the previous two years.

While the legislature didn’t mandate the bioterrorism course for CNAs, the Board highly encourages them to take it as part of their 24-hour continuing education/training renewal requirement.
 
Nevada State Board of Nursing
Phone702-486-5800
Fax775-687-7707
WebsiteVisit Site
Address 6005 Plumas St., Suite 100
Reno  89519
Requirements Disclaimer: Although we try to keep our information as up-to-date as possible, ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual user to understand and keep up-to-date with the requirements of the license possessed.

Nevada Certified Medication Assistant (CMA)

24 hours · Every two years
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2025
CNA/Medication Aides-certified shall complete 24 continuing education within the scope of practice; and
200 hours of employment as a medication aide under the direct supervision of an advanced practice registered nurse or a registered nurse during the 2 years immediately preceding the date of the renewal of the certificate.
Nevada State Board of Nursing (Reno Office)
Phone888-590-6726
Fax775-687-7707
WebsiteVisit Site
Address 6005 Plumas St., Suite 100
Reno  89519
Requirements Disclaimer: Although we try to keep our information as up-to-date as possible, ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual user to understand and keep up-to-date with the requirements of the license possessed.

Nevada Medical Assistant (MA)

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
CEs not required.
Medical assistants are not required to register, have certification, or be licensed in the state of Nevada. State law does specify that it is up to the employer to ensure and document that the medical assistant is trained and able to perform the tasks that they are given.
Requirements Disclaimer: Although we try to keep our information as up-to-date as possible, ultimately, it is the responsibility of each individual user to understand and keep up-to-date with the requirements of the license possessed.

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