Below are details about continuing education and license renewal in Arkansas. You can skip to your profession by selecting it from the drop down list above.
Throughout the country, Arkansas is widely known for its continuously free-flowing streams, crystal-clear lakes, beautiful rivers, forested mountains and a vast abundance of wildlife. So, while you’re not outside basking in the beauty of nature, it’s likely that you’re working hard indoors, maybe in a hospital as a Registered Nurse?
Although the history of nursing in Arkansas dates back long ago, it wasn’t until October 1912 that 25 graduate nurses met at the Little Rock YWCA and established the first Graduate Nurses Association of Arkansas. The goal of the organization was to enact the registration of nurses throughout the state. At the first meeting, they appointed a committee who then created a bill to establish the State Board of Nurse Examiners, which was to certify the registration and licensure of nurses in the state. By 1919, with twenty members and five officers attending, they voted to change the name to be the Arkansas State Nurses Association.
Today, the Arkansas Nurses Association works to improve the health standards and the availability of health care services throughout the state, as well as promotes the professional development of nurses and acts as an advocate for the profession. The association has certainly grown from its roots over a century ago, but has kept its original values.
Arkansas also allows home health aides to be certified nurse aides (CNA) with no additional training – as long as they pass the CNA competency evaluation.
A. Requirements can be met in one of the following three ways:
15 practice-focused contact hours from a national or state continuing education approval body recognized by ASBN,
Maintenance of certification or recertification by a national certifying body recognized by ASBN,
Completion of an academic course in nursing or related field.
The most common method of meeting the requirements is by obtaining contact hours. These hours can be obtained through home study, nursing journals, Internet sources, or by attending workshops.
A. Requirements can be met in one of the following three ways:
15 practice-focused contact hours from a national or state continuing education approval body recognized by ASBN,
Maintenance of certification or recertification by a national certifying body recognized by ASBN,
Completion of an academic course in nursing or related field.
The most common method of meeting the requirements is by obtaining contact hours. These hours can be obtained through home study, nursing journals, Internet sources, or by attending workshops.
Physical therapists must complete, in each biennium(two-year period) 20 contact hours or two (2) CEUs (19 contact hours plus the jurisprudence exam).
* CEUFast is not a pre-approved provider for Arkansas Physical Therapists. Courses taken through CEUFast are not automatically aproved but "will more than likely be approved when submitted by a licensee since courses are approved by Florida State Board."
Physical Therapist Assistants must complete one (1)CEU (10 hours).
* CEUFast is not a pre-approved provider for Arkansas Physical Therapists. Courses taken through CEUFast are not automatically aproved but will more than likely be approved when submitted by a licensee since courses are approved by Florida State Board