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ANCC Accredited 25-Hour Pharmacology CE Package for Nurses and NPs

To meet American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification renewal requirements, many nurses and nurse practitioners seek 25 hours of accredited pharmacology continuing education.

Certified nurses and nurse practitioners who are ANCC board accredited must renew every five years. To renew a certification, a nurse must complete 75 mandatory continuing education hours, of which 25 must be in pharmacology. The process isn’t necessarily difficult, but it can be time consuming. For nurses and nurse practitioners, one of the more challenging portions of the renewal CE requirements is the 25 hours of required pharmacology content. It can be difficult to find sufficient online accredited pharmacology CE courses. This is why Renew Now CE, an accredited provider through the ANCC, P0557, offers an entirely online ANCC Accredited 25-Hour Pharmacology CE Package for Nurses and NPs.

25 Pharmacology CE Hours for ANCC Certification Renewal.

Renew Now CE’s accredited 25-hour pharmacology package for nurses and nurse practitioners is designed to meet your continuing education requirements for certification renewal.

25 PHARMACOLOGY CE FOR ANCC CERTIFICATION RENEWAL PACKAGE

Our online pharmacology CE package is designed to help nurses and nurse practitioners meet the ANCC’s 25-hour pharmacology requirement for certification renewal. Whether you’re a busy RN or NP, our accredited courses offer flexible, self-paced learning to help you fulfill continuing education requirements on your schedule.

ANCC certification renewal

Some important highlights regarding ANCC’s continuing education requirements for renewal: 

  1. There are 75 mandatory continuing education hours, of which 25 must be in pharmacology. 
  2. You can choose one of your certification renewal categories as an additional 75 continuing education hours for a total of 150 continuing education hours. 
  3. For the mandatory hours, at least 60 of the 75 must be formally approved hours, i.e., hours from an accredited provider or approver of nursing education, for example, an ANCC approved provider. 
  4. The hours can also be approved through Joint Accreditation or AMA, continuing medical education (CME) hours. 
  5. You can claim credit for a specific course just once. Even if you take a course multiple times in the five-year renewal window, you can only claim credit once. 

Maintaining your certification throughout the five-year process by tracking your progress is key. If you wait until your renewal and must input between 75 and 150 hours of continuing education credit into the ANCC’s website, it will take a great deal of time. Read our blog post with suggestions on keeping on top of your required CE for ANCC license renewal here: Use a Filing System to Track your CE for ANCC Certification Renewal.

If you do lapse without renewing on time, the ANCC has a policy for reactivation. You can read about it in their policy: Certification Renewal Requirements

The American Nurses Credentialing Center Renewal Categories

The Continuing Education and Pharmacology CE are just part of the renewal categories. The American Nurses Credentialing Center offers Eight Certification Renewal Categories:

  1. Continuing Education Hours – 75 hours in the certification specialty. This category can be chosen in addition to the Mandatory 75 Continuing Education Hours. 
  2. Academic Credits – Five semester credits or six quarter credits of academic courses in your certification specialty. 
  3. Presentations – One or more presentations totaling five (5) clock hours in your certification specialty. 
  4. Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), Quality Improvement Project (QI), Publication, or Research.
  5. Preceptor Hours – A minimum of 120 hours as a preceptor for students in an academic program related to your specialty. 
  6. Professional Service – Two or more consecutive years of volunteer service during your certification period with an international, national, state, or local healthcare-related organization; accepted volunteer activities include serving on boards of directors, committees, editorial boards, review boards, task forces, and medical missions. 
  7. Practice Hours – A minimum of 1,000 practice hours in your certification specialty, completed within five years preceding the date on your renewal application submission. Practice hours are not required to renew your certification. 
  8. Test or Portfolio – Sit for and pass the current test. 

For more information on renewing your ANCC license, visit: Certification Renewal Requirements.

Choose Renew Now CE’s complete pharmacology CE Package with confidence. All courses in the package are:

  1. Nationally accredited and state board compliant CE Courses
  2. Highly-rated CE content – average review 4.7/5 stars
  3. Up-to-date, practice-applicable content
  4. Courses peer-reviewed by a team of healthcare providers
  5. Easy to use platform
  6. Affordably priced courses 
  7. Instantly emailed receipts for easy employer reimbursement 
  8. Responsive customer support team
  9. Automatically reports to CE Broker for mandatory states
  10. Certificates issued automatically and stored for six years. Return to print at any time.

Recent Review of the Pharmacology 25 hours Package: “The information is concise yet thorough with many good suggestions for practice.” – Terry, April 2024

When you purchase this package you will be enrolled in the following courses individually and can complete each individually at your own pace. Courses save your progress. 

Courses in the Accredited 25-Hour Pharmacology Courses for Nurse Practitioners package:

Pharmacology 10 hours – Common Primary Care and Med-Surg Medications – ANCC approved. Course Expiration Date:  5/31/2027
Learning outcomes:
1.     Distinguish generic name from the brand name of commonly prescribed medications.
2.     Identify common drug-to-drug interactions.
3.     Identify common food-to-drug interactions.

Recent reviews of Pharmacology 10 hours: “Had a great time reviewing medications.” – Victoria, August 2023
“Great review Very informative” – Troy, March 2023
“Awesome session, very informative.” – Rolly

Abused Meds 6 Hours. Course Expiration Date: 7/31/2027 
Learning outcomes:
1.     Identify commonly abused medications.
2.     Describe regulation of controlled substances.
3.     Identify resources for the proper disposal of controlled substances.

Cannabis 3 Hours. Course Expiration Date: 7/31/2027 
Learning Outcomes:
1.     Describe differences between the two cannabinoids of greatest therapeutic interest.
2.     Identify cannabinoid receptors, locations in the body, and symptoms associated with each receptor.
3.     Identify interactions between cannabinoids and prescription medications.

Review of Cannabis Course: “The information regarding CYP effect of CBD is especially helpful. CBD is very prevalent currently. Thank you” – Amber, RN (May 2022)

Opioids – The Uncontrolled Epidemic. Course Expiration Date: 7/31/2027
Learning Objectives:

1. Identify heroin as an opioid

2. Identify classes of scheduled opioids

3. Identify strategies to help individuals with substance dependence.


Purchasing this package enrolls you in 4 of Renew Now CE’s individual courses. You may complete each in your own time, the website saves your progress. Certificates issued are stored for six years. Return to print at any time.

Read more about ANCC certification renewal and suggestions here:

Certification Renewal Requirements 

Applying the 25 pharmacology hours to your Florida Autonomous Practice license applicatio