Texas RN and LVN Continuing Education

Texas nurses who use the continuing education pathway must complete 20 contact hours during each two-year licensing period. Courses should be relevant to the nurse’s current or anticipated area of practice.

C-E-U.com offers online nursing courses that can be used toward Texas’s general continuing education requirement. Courses are self-paced and include documented contact hours and completion certificates.

In addition to the general 20-hour requirement, Texas requires certain nurses to complete education on specific topics based on renewal cycle, area of practice, or other statutory requirements. These targeted courses may have their own content standards and should be reviewed separately from general nursing CE.

Texas nurses may have additional topic-specific continuing education requirements based on their practice setting or patient population. These targeted hours generally count toward the nurse’s overall 20-hour continuing education requirement rather than being added on top of it.

Texas nurses must complete 2 hours of continuing education related to nursing jurisprudence and nursing ethics before the end of every third two-year licensing period.

Texas nurses who provide direct patient care must complete a human trafficking prevention course during each licensing period. The course must be approved by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Texas nurses whose practice includes older adult or geriatric patients must complete at least 2 contact hours of continuing education related to older adult or geriatric care during each licensing period.

C-E-U.com’s 2-hour Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) course is used to address this requirement. The course covers dementia-related disease processes, cognitive changes, communication, safety, and care considerations for older adults. Because the course provides 2 contact hours, it can also be applied toward the nurse’s general 20-hour continuing education requirement.

Texas nurse aides on the Nurse Aide Registry must complete 24 hours of in-service education every 2 years, including training in geriatrics and dementia-related care, plus a separate annual infection-control component. This is a state-specific requirement under 26 TAC §556.9, administered by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

In-service education must be completed every 2 years and include geriatrics and dementia/Alzheimer's-related care, along with an annual infection-control component. Facilities may accept relevant online continuing education as part of their in-service program. C-E-U.com's caregiver courses on dementia care, geriatrics, and infection control can support this requirement when accepted by the employer.

Home health aides working for Medicare-certified home health agencies in Texas follow the federal training standard, with no Texas-specific add-on. This requires 75 hours of initial training plus at least 12 hours of annual in-service education under 42 CFR §484.80.

Home health aides must complete at least 12 hours of in-service training each year, covering topics relevant to their patient population. C-E-U.com's caregiver courses can support this annual in-service requirement when accepted by the employer.