Continuing Education Units for Nurses
Use Ascension Wisconsin Library Services for your nursing CEU Requirements.
Ascension Resources for Continuing Education
The state of Wisconsin does NOT require Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEU) for professional nurses’ license renewals, but some Ascension hospitals DO require them for professional development.
Ascension Wisconsin Library Services has resources available for our nurses who need CEUs.
Use Ascension Wisconsin Library Services for your nursing CEU requirements.
- NRC Plus
- CinahlFT / EbscoHost
- DynaMed
- Ascension IPCE (FREE CME/CEUs)
- PubMed / Medline
- Medscape
- eJournals
- Internet
* Nursing Reference Center Plus (NRC Plus) This link opens in a new window
CinahlFT / EbscoHost
EBSCO Cinahl (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is an index of English-language and selected other-language journal articles about nursing, allied health, biomedicine and healthcare.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Type in DE "CONTINUING education units" in the search box will give you articles with CEUs but CE Modules, like the ones in CINAHLFull Text, are not available. DE is the field code for a subject search in this database.
Q: Can Advanced Practice Nurses get CME/CEU Credit for Searching DynaMed?
Answer: YES!
DynaMed offers CEU credits through The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accreditation to earn CEU credits, including pharmacology. CME credits are now available for APN's through The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
DynaMed is accredited by The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) as an approved provider of Nurse Practitioner continuing education.
Provider number: 17122939.
> See List for DynaMed courses eligible for 0.5 units of pharmacology credit.
Additional information on DynaMed Continuing Education can be found on the following web pages:
* Earn CME and MOC through DynaMed (General Marketing Page)
* DynaMed: About CME/CPD/CE and MOC
> Scroll down to Nurse Practitioners
Ascension IPCE (FREE CME/CEUs)
PubMed / Medline
PubMed does not have a filter for education credits in its database.
An example of getting CEUs directly from a journal in PubMed:
The American Journal of Nursing adds CE in front of the test that corresponds to CEU articles. Use the Advanced Search option, and then select Title from the drop-down menu. Type CE into the title search box.
Now limit the list by year and select Nursing journals under Journal Categories in the left, vertical navigation. [As of 2021 PubMed no longer offers a filter for Nursing Journals. Here's the Workaround ...
Medscape
Medscape, LLC ("Medscape") is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing nursing education. As an accredited provider, Medscape develops online CME and continuing education (CE) activities in compliance with the standards and codes of the applicable accrediting agency, the AMA, HHS-OIG, FDA, AdvaMed, and PhRMA.
Go to http://www.Medscape.org/nurses and register for a free account.
eJournals
AJN, American Journal of Nursing (Ovid)
CIN: Computers, Informatics, nursing (Ovid)
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing (Ovid)
Journal of Emergency Nursing (JournalsConsult)
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing (Ovid)
Journal of Nursing Care Quality (Ovid)
Internet
- American Nurses Credentialing Center The ANCC Accreditation program recognizes the importance of high-quality continuing nursing education (CNE) and skills-based competency programs. Around the world, ANCC-accredited organizations provide nurses with the knowledge and skills to help improve care and patient outcomes.
- American Nurses Association: ANA no free courses
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention CDC is accredited by seven organizations to provide CE for U.S. health professionals and the global public health community. Access to credits, continuing education units (CEUs), and contact hours for all educational activities is provided for ►free.
- CEUfast CEUfast, Inc, is accredited as a provider of ►free continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s COA.
- Elite Learning: Nursing Numerous CE courses on various topics. Fee based per course, but also offers a flat rate of $99 for unlimited courses for a 12 month period.
- Healthstream CE for all healthcare professionals
- Lippincott Nursing Center CE Gives nurses hundreds of CE articles as well as online testing with instant results and certificates and a CE planner to help nurses keep their CE up-to-date.
- Net CE NetCE is a valuable resource to healthcare professionals seeking to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements. With over 1000 hours of accredited continuing education available online, nurses, physicians, physician assistants, mental health professionals, psychologists, dental professionals, certified surgical technologists, and nursing home administrators, have access to the best evidence-based continuing education available in the fields of health and mental health.
- Nurse CEU.com This free directory service allows you to compare online classes from different continuing education providers so you can select the ones that best meet your study requirements. Most courses have fees associated with them, but you can find free courses on the ►free CEUs page.
- Nurse.com OnCourse Learning Offers a series of free interactive learning modules addressing a range of pain assessment and pain management topics
- RN.com Offers more than 175 ANCC-accredited and state-approved nursing CE courses and 400 contact hours online and an instant certificate upon successful completion of the course. Free for unlimited subscribers.
- The Virtual Lecture Hall Medical & Nursing. No free courses available.
- Wild Iris Medical Education No free courses available.