Texas nursing CE courses

Wild Iris Medical Education · 2h · text · ANCC (ANCC Accredited Provider #P0314; accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing per provider's TX mandated-courses page)

Note: Listed on Wild Iris's Texas BON-mandated courses page as fulfilling the 2-hour nursing jurisprudence and ethics CNE requirement; covers the Texas NPA, BON rules, standards of practice, and nursing ethics. URL is the provider's TX mandated-courses listing page since individual course detail URLs were not link-exposed in the crawl; price and hours are shown on that page. In business since 1998; 4.9-star rated.

Nurse.com (Relias) · 2h · self-paced · ANCC (Relias LLC jointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC; CA BRN provider CEP#13791)

Note: Course page states it satisfies the Texas Board of Nursing requirement for two topic-specific contact hours; covers BON position statements, Rule 217.11 standards of practice, Texas NPA, nursing ethics, and professional boundaries. Course code REL-ALL-0-EJTN; originally released 12/01/2023; content expiration 12/31/2026. No individual course price is shown on the page — included free with a Standard CE Membership ($49.99/yr); State Renewal Packages $35.99 (50% off with membership).

NetCE · 5h · text · ANCC (TRC Healthcare/NetCE jointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC; Texas BON accepts ANCC-accredited courses)

Note: Course #97471; page states effective 10/10/2025 it is approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to meet the human trafficking training requirement; 5 ANCC contact hours; released 02/01/2024, reviewed 10/10/2025, expires 01/31/2027. Individual purchase price not shown on the course content page — covered by the NetCE All Access pass ($85/yr).

Texas HHSC (HEART) · 1.5h · self-paced · HHSC (Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state-provided training, approved for direct-service health care providers))

Note: HEART (Hearing, Evaluating, Activating, Resourcing and Training) is the free HHSC-provided training that satisfies the TX human trafficking training mandate; 109,000+ providers completed it Sep 2024-Aug 2025. Register via the HHS Learning Portal (link on the HHSC page). A 2021 HHSC participant info sheet shows 1.5h of TX DSHS CE attendance credit; current version may differ — it satisfies the HHSC training requirement regardless of CE-credit treatment, and carries no ANCC contact hours.

Wild Iris Medical Education · 2h · text · ANCC (ANCC Accredited Provider #P0314; accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing per provider's TX mandated-courses page)

Note: Listed on Wild Iris's Texas BON-mandated courses page as fulfilling the 2-hour older adult/geriatric care requirement for nurses serving geriatric populations; covers age-related physiologic and cognitive changes, mental health, elder abuse, and end-of-life care. URL is the provider's TX mandated-courses listing page since individual course detail URLs were not link-exposed in the crawl; price and hours shown on that page. 4.9-star rated.

Wild Iris Medical Education · 2h · text · ANCC (ANCC Accredited Provider #P0314; accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing per provider's TX mandated-courses page)

Note: Listed on Wild Iris's Texas BON-mandated courses page as fulfilling the 2-hour forensic evidence collection requirement for Texas nurses practicing in an ED setting (one-time requirement); covers sexual assault survivor examination guidelines. URL is the provider's TX mandated-courses listing page since individual course detail URLs were not link-exposed in the crawl; price and hours shown on that page. 4.9-star rated.

NetCE · 2h · text · ANCC (TRC Healthcare/NetCE jointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC; Texas BON accepts ANCC-accredited courses)

Note: Course #37104; page carries a Special Approval stating it is designed to fulfill the Texas requirement for 2 hours of CNE in forensic evidence collection (one-time requirement for ED nurses); 2 ANCC contact hours; released 02/01/2024, expires 01/31/2027; $15 individual price shown on the course page.

Texas HHSC (HEART) · 1.5h · self-paced · HHSC (Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state-provided training, approved for direct-service health care providers))

Note: HEART (Hearing, Evaluating, Activating, Resourcing and Training) is the free HHSC-provided training that satisfies the TX human trafficking training mandate; 109,000+ providers completed it Sep 2024-Aug 2025. Register via the HHS Learning Portal (link on the HHSC page). A 2021 HHSC participant info sheet shows 1.5h of TX DSHS CE attendance credit; current version may differ — it satisfies the HHSC training requirement regardless of CE-credit treatment, and carries no ANCC contact hours.

Wild Iris Medical Education · 1h · self-paced · ANCC (ANCC-accredited free courses, available in all 50 states)

Note: Wild Iris's one currently-offered free nursing CEU (1 ANCC contact hour); free account/signup required, certificate delivered via email after passing a short test and evaluation. See provider site for current course listing.

Nurse.com (Relias) · 1h · self-paced · ANCC (ANCC-accredited free courses, available in all 50 states)

Note: Rotating catalog of free courses (e.g., 1.0h Communicating With Patients, 1.0h Quality Management and Data Evaluation; hours set to 1 as representative, verify per course); free Nurse.com account required to enroll and print certificate; URL is the provider's free-course listing page since individual course pages sit behind the free account

Medscape Education · 1h · self-paced · ANCC (Medscape, LLC accredited by ANCC as a provider of continuing nursing education; offers ANCC contact hours for RNs)

Note: Thousands of free activities (credit typically 0.25-1.5 contact hours each; typically 1h; verify per course); free registration required and individual activity pages sit behind login, so the URL points to Medscape's official help article confirming ANCC nurse credit rather than a course page