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Overview
This course aims to educate nursing professionals in Ohio healthcare settings on the laws and regulations of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Nurses in every state follow specific standards and licensing requirements to maintain their nursing practices. The Ohio Board of Nursing regulates nursing practice for public safety in Ohio. This course discusses the Ohio Board of Nursing and how the Ohio Nurse Practice Act impacts your nursing practice. It also discusses Ohio nurse licensure requisites, continuing education requirements, and the standards of practice, as stated in Chapter 4723 of the Ohio Administrative Code and Ohio Revised Code, required for you to remain compliant with Ohio law.
This course aims to educate nursing professionals in Ohio healthcare settings on the laws and regulations of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.
- Determine at least three responsibilities of the Ohio Board of Nursing.
- Recognize board-provided interpretive guidelines to assist nurse licensees to engage in safe nursing.
- Indicate two differences between licensed RNs and LPNs in Ohio.
- Identify the rights and responsibilities provided to all nurse licensees under the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.
- Recall at least three violations of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.
- Define the eligibility requirements of the Alternative Program for Substance Use Disorder.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 4/1/2025
Course Expiration Date : 5/31/2027
REL-ALL-0-OHNPA2
Accreditations
Accreditations - Ohio
This continuing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an Ohio Board of Nursing approver. (OBN-001-91).
Disclosures: None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Requirements for Successful Completion
To earn continuing education hours for this educational activity you must view the educational activity in its entirety, achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation. Your license/certification information must be documented into the system to be able to retrieve the appropriate certificate and to be reported appropriately to agencies, when applicable. Certificates will be date/time stamped with the time and date of the day the user passes the post-test (Eastern Time, U.S.).
Please see CE Course Instructions to learn how to earn CE credit for this module.
This continuing education activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an Ohio Board of Nursing approver. (OBN-001-91).
Nurses will receive 2.0 contact hours of Category A after successfully completing this course.