Pennsylvania Continuing Education Requirements

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It shouldn’t take a history buff to know that Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 colonies in America, making it one of the oldest states throughout the country. Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, and is home to Independence Hall, where the U.S. Declaration of Independence was drafted and signed.

During the Revolutionary War, nurses played a key role in bravely stepping up and taking care of the sick and wounded during battle. They also played a huge role during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793, which killed close to 10 percent of Philadelphia’s population. Other epidemics such as smallpox, malaria, and typhus were common in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, which often devastated entire communities.

As infrastructure began in the eighteenth century, one of America’s first-ever government-sponsored hospital facilities was built in Philadelphia called the Philadelphia Almshouse. Prior to hospital establishments, nurses and doctors would travel to homes to take care of the sick. The growth of hospitals was revolutionary in terms of how quickly this developed the nursing industry. The Philadelphia Almshouse later became known as the Philadelphia General Hospital, which closed its doors in 1977.

Although the nursing profession has dramatically changed since the revolutionary days, it’s important to know that nurses throughout Pennsylvania played a critical role during a pivotal time in our country’s history.

Pennsylvania Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

Pennsylvania Requires

30 Hours

Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider

#P0274

Electronic Reporting to

Pennsylvania DOS

For specific Courses

Pennsylvania requires

30 hours Every two years

ANCC

Approved Provider #P0274

Electronic Reporting to

Pennsylvania DOS for specific courses

Last Updated: Friday, February 2, 2024

CEUfast meets

All Requirements

For this state

CEUFast, Inc. is an approved provider by the Approved through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and Pennsylvania Department of State for all professions including health care professionals for our “Child Abuse: Pennsylvania Mandated ReporterTraining” 3 hour initial licensure course #CACE000040 and “Child Abuse: Pennsylvania Mandated ReporterTraining” 2 hour license renewal course #CACE000040.

All persons applying for issuance of an initial license or certificate from any of the health-related boards (except the State Board of Veterinary Medicine) or from the State Board of Funeral Directors are required to complete, as a condition of licensure, 3 hours of training approved by the Department of Human Services (DHS) on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting.

As a condition of biennial renewal, you are required to complete 2 hours of approved training on the topic of child abuse recognition and reporting from an approved provider.

Special Requirements

In order to renew a prescriptive authority approval for the next renewal period, Section 9.1(a)(2) of ABC-MAP requires that all CRNPs with prescriptive authority approval complete at least two hours of continuing education in pain management, the identification of addiction or in the practices of prescribing or dispensing of opioids. The continuing education requirements of ABC-MAP will count towards the total number of hours of continuing education required for renewal. This two-hour requirement needs to be completed only once per renewal period regardless of the number of prescriptive authority approvals being renewed. This continuing education must be taken from a Board-approved CRNP continuing education provider listed in Section 21.334 (a) of the Board’s regulations. Completion of the opioid continuing education hours will have to be attested to on the renewal, but the documentation of completion will only have to be provided to the Board upon an audit request.
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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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