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Free Continuing Education Activities for Nurses

Earn Free CEs to Help Provide Optimal Patient Care

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is proud to share free access to the CE activities below. These free CEs offer a sample of the expert knowledge and evidence-based learning that you can rely on us to deliver. Join AACN as a member to access our entire library of CEs, as well as clinical resources, journal subscriptions, online peer support, discounts and more.

Featured Free CE Activities

In honor of American Heart Month, we are featuring some of AACN’s most popular cardiovascular continuing education (CE) activities. These selected CEs are free for a limited time. To start any activity and track your CEs, sign in or create a free account.

Women and Heart Disease: Pregnancy to Menopause
Learn about sex-specific heart disease risks, presentations and treatments from pregnancy through menopause.
Heart Failure: More Than We Think
This presentation discusses heart failure causes, stages and treatments to help explain repeat admissions and evolving management approaches.
Right-Heart Catheters: A Bedside Guide
This guide to pulmonary artery catheters covers insertion support, difficult placements, risks and right-heart bedside-monitoring technologies.
Pediatric Cardiac Care: What’s New
Explore common and complex cardiac conditions in children and how newer therapies are changing pediatric patient outcomes.
Virtual Reality for Cardiac Surgery Prep
See how virtual reality preoperative education helps cardiac surgery patients feel less anxious, lowers delirium risk and improves ICU recovery.
ACLS Medications: What Matters Most
Review the evidence for epinephrine, amiodarone and lidocaine in cardiac arrest, plus medications outside the ACLS algorithm.

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