Nursing CE by state · Virginia
Virginia nursing CE: what the board asks for
Virginia nurses meet one of nine renewal options, including 30 contact hours or 15 hours with 640 practice hours, and Virginia accepts courses from a provider approved by any state board of nursing.
Who may approve your CE
What Virginia’s rule says
“Workshops, seminars, conferences, or courses shall be offered by a provider recognized or approved by one of the following: … The Virginia Board of Nursing or any state board of nursing.”
18VAC90-19-160(A)(8)-(9), (B)(13) · Read the rule at the source
The requirement
RNs: 30 contact hours (one of nine options)
LPNs: Same options as RN
Cycle: Every 2 years
Virginia Board of Nursing (Department of Health Professions)
Read this before you count our hours
What to know in Virginia
- Courses must be relevant to the practice of nursing.
- Other options include certification, academic credit, a refresher course, a project, publication or teaching.
Before you buy anything
What we will not tell you
We will not tell you that a course satisfies your Virginia 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
18VAC90-19-160(A)(8)-(9), (B)(13)
Virginia Board of Nursing (Department of Health Professions)
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.