Many nurses are well aware of the necessity to take continuing education courses. Not only do employers love to see a continuously updated education, but the vast majority, if not all, states mandate that nurses take continuing education courses to be eligible for re-licensing. Put another way, without taking a certain number of continuing education units (or CEUs for short), a nurse cannot renew their license to practice in the state. So, clearly, taking courses is of absolute necessity to all nurses. However, the big question that most people have is how much does a nursing continuing education course cost? Unfortunately, there’s no simple answer to this question as the prices vary greatly between institutions. With that said, it is often possible to break down the prices into a couple of major categories: those taken at professional nursing associations and those taken from extraneous online places.

A professional nursing continuing education course offered by a respected association such as the American Nursing Credentialing Center will likely run you in the $100s, if not more. Online PowerPoint courses are typically the cheapest with the rates starting from a hundred or two and working up from there. Conferences are easily the most expensive as they encompass an entry fee plus plane fare if the conference isn’t being hosted in your home city. Of course, the cash isn’t necessarily wasted. Conferences are often one of the best continuing education opportunities that are available as they are usually filled with speakers who are experts in their respective field.

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