Continuing education requirements for:District Of Columbia Registered Nurse (RN)

Special Note: CE must be submitted through CE Broker.

General CE Requirements

• Total Credits: 19

• Frequency: Every 2 years

Specialty Requirements

• LGBTQ or Cultural Awareness

  • Total Credits: 2

  • Frequency: Every 1 renewal cycle

• Public Health Priority Topics

  • Total Credits: 3

  • Frequency: Every 1 renewal cycle

  • Conditions:

    • Responsible opioid prescribing and effective pain management or

    • Nutrition and obesity prevention or

    • Identifying and reporting abuse (child and adult), neglect (child and adult), human trafficking, and domestic violence or

    • Sexual health (including taking sexual history, discussing sexual experiences with patients, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), HPV vaccines, connections to cancer, latent tuberculosis, safe sex, and birth control) or

    • Ethics and appropriate patient interactions (i.e. boundaries, patient privacy, and communications including telehealth) or

    • Smoking, vaping, and tobacco (including dangers, smoking cessation, and non-smoke tobacco products) or

    • Preparing your patients for an emergency and handling vulnerable populations in an emergency or

    • Identifying impairment (physical or mental) in patients and providers (including complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act) or

    • Vaccinations (including legal requirements and appropriate exemptions) or

    • Implicit bias, cultural competence and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health and health care

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