Nursing CE by state · Arkansas
Arkansas nursing CE: what the board asks for
Arkansas nurses complete 15 practice-focused contact hours every two years (or hold a national certification), and the Board's published list of recognized approval bodies begins with all state boards of nursing.
Who may approve your CE
What Arkansas’s rule says
“Fifteen (15) practice focused contact hours from a nationally recognized or state continuing education approval body recognized by the ASBN … The recognition may include providers approved by national organizations and state agencies with comparable standards.”
ASBN Rules Ch. 2 § VII(C)(1)(a) and § VII(E)(1); ASBN recognized approval bodies list; ASBN CE FAQs 10.2025 · Read the rule at the source
The requirement
RNs: 15 contact hours
LPNs: 15 contact hours
Cycle: Every 2 years
Read this before you count our hours
What to know in Arkansas
- The acceptance comes from the Board's published list of recognized approval bodies, issued under the rule quoted above.
- Hours must be practice-focused and relevant to nursing practice. In-services and CPR do not count, and hours do not carry over.
- The Board expects the certificate to name the approval body.
Before you buy anything
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that a course satisfies your Arkansas requirement. Your board decides that, and an audit lands on your license, not on us.
What we can do is show you the rule, quoted or cited, and linked, and tell you plainly where our courses stand. Each of our RN & LPN course pages states the continuing-education approval that course carries, and that statement applies only to the course it appears on.
If anything here is unclear for your situation, ask your board before you enroll. Keep every certificate and the course description; the description is what shows an auditor what the course covered.
Read the rule yourself
ASBN Rules Ch. 2 § VII(C)(1)(a) and § VII(E)(1)
Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN)
When we read it
We read the rule on 29 September 2026. Rules change; the board’s current text governs.
Ready to look at courses?
Read each course page against what your board asks for, then choose.