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Oklahoma Nurse Practitioner (APRN) CE category requirements

How the 17 CE hours every 2 years breaks down by category for advanced practice registered nurse (aprn-cnp)s in Oklahoma, sourced from the official board.

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Required categories

Pain management or opioid use/addiction — conditional: Waived if the APRN has demonstrated to the Board that they hold no federal DEA registration
2h
Pharmacotherapeutics / clinical use
15h

APRN-CNP/CNM/CNS with supervised prescriptive authority: 15 contact hours in pharmacotherapeutics, clinical application, and use of pharmacological agents AND 2 hours in pain management or opioid use/addiction within the 2 years preceding prescriptive-authority renewal, unless no DEA registration (Form RS-24; 59 O.S. 567.4a(4)). APRNs must maintain national certification; general RN renewal can also be met via 520 work hours, 24 CE, specialty certification, refresher course, or academic credit. Certify completion at renewal; documentation required only on audit.

Official source: Oklahoma Board of Nursing

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