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

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Standards to Support Progressive Care Nurses and Their Patients

Explore AACN’s progressive care standards and how they guide staffing, decision-making and safe patient care, plus practical steps to apply them.

The Art of Vasoactive Drip Titration

Learn to select and titrate vasoactive drips using hemodynamic profiles, and strengthen your clinical judgment in resuscitation and deresuscitation processes.

Reducing Harm: Adult Prone-Positioning Practice Alert

Review key evidence and recommendations from AACN’s prone-positioning practice alert to reduce complications and promote patient and caregiver safety.

Rapid Refresher: Acute Endocrine Disorders

Recognize life-threatening endocrine crises, and review pharmacologic management strategies while earning pharmacology credit and strengthening your skills.

Pain Assessment for the Chemically Paralyzed Child

Examine the challenges, current practices and care implications of pain assessment in mechanically ventilated children receiving neuromuscular blockade.

Transforming Culture With Healthy Work Environment Standards

Discover how AACN’s Healthy Work Environment Standards improved retention, outcomes and costs, with practical insights for culture change.

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We offer a broad array of articles, sessions, videos and webinars across many clinical and practice topics. AACN membership includes unlimited CEs, digital journal subscriptions and more.

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