Continuing education requirements for:Kentucky Registered Nurse (RN)

General CE Requirements

• Total Credits: 6.5

• Frequency: Every 1 year

Specialty Requirements

• Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Training

  • Total Credits: 1

  • Frequency: One Time

• Suicide Prevention

  • Total Credits: 2

  • Frequency: One Time

  • Conditions:

    • RNs who completed a nursing program outside of Kentucky

    • RNs who completed a Kentucky program of nursing prior to August 2025

• Domestic Violence

  • Total Credits: 3

  • Frequency: One Time

  • Conditions:

    • RNs who completed a nursing program outside of Kentucky

    • RNs who completed a Kentucky program of nursing prior to May 1988

• Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma

  • Total Credits: 1.5

  • Frequency: One Time

  • Conditions:

    • RNs who completed a nursing program outside of Kentucky

    • RNs who completed a Kentucky program of nursing prior to December 2011

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