3 Hours Medication Safety and High-Alert Pharmacology - Alabama Nursing

3 Hours Medication Safety and High-Alert Pharmacology - Alabama Nursing

✅ Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing | Provider #CEP 18292 | Alabama Board of Nursing Recognizes CE Approved by Other State Boards of Nursing | 3 Contact Hours | Only $19.99 | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Earn 3 contact hours toward your Alabama RN or LPN renewal with an online medication safety course from a California BRN-approved provider (CEP 18292), only $19.99. Written around Alabama Board of Nursing rule 610-X-6-.07, it covers high-alert medications, insulin, anticoagulants, LPN IV therapy limits and what to do after a medication error.

Work at your own pace and log in and out without losing your progress. There is no final exam. Complete every section and your certificate is emailed to you immediately. Upload it to your CE record on the Alabama Board of Nursing website.

✅ Course Details

• Course name: 3 Hours Medication Safety and High-Alert Pharmacology - Alabama Nursing
• Approved by: California Board of Registered Nursing
• Provider number: CEP 18292
• Alabama use: CE approved by another state board of nursing, which the Alabama Board of Nursing recognizes (Rule 610-X-10-.04)
• Contact hours: 3 (each contact hour is 50 minutes of instruction)
• Category: Nursing continuing education for RNs and LPNs
• Format: 100% online, self-paced, with no final exam
• Instructor: Valeria Garcia, BSN, RN
• Price: $19.99
• Certificate: Emailed instantly when you finish
• Reporting: You upload your certificate to your Alabama Board of Nursing CE record
• Support: Call or text 1-800-698-2770

✅ Who Should Take This Course?

This course is written for:

• Alabama registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs)
• Hospital, nursing facility, home health and clinic nurses who give medications
• LPNs working under standardized procedures for IV therapy
• Charge nurses who supervise medication assistants (MACs)
• Nurses who want a practical high-alert medication refresher

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the Alabama Requirement?

This course provides 3 contact hours toward the 24 contact hours Alabama RNs and LPNs need each earning period. Alabama has no required subjects for RNs and LPNs, so these hours count toward your total. The course does not complete the requirement by itself, and it is not the Alabama Board of Nursing's 4-hour Mandatory course for first renewals.

This course is included in the 24 Hour Alabama RN and LPN CE Package, which gives you all 24 hours for $34.99.

✅ Alabama RN and LPN Continuing Education Requirements

To renew, Alabama Board of Nursing Rule 610-X-4-.08 requires registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to earn at least 24 contact hours of Board-approved or Board-recognized continuing education in each earning period. The Board recognizes continuing education approved by any state board of nursing (Rule 610-X-10-.04). 1st Choice CE's courses are approved through the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 18292.

• General requirement: At least 24 contact hours of Board-approved or Board-recognized CE in each earning period (Rule 610-X-4-.08(3)(c)3.(ii)); a contact hour is at least 50 minutes (Rule 610-X-10-.01)
• Required subjects: None for RNs and LPNs; any approved nursing topic counts
• First renewal: The Board's own 4-hour Mandatory course, plus one contact hour for each month left in the earning period, up to 24 hours in all (Rule 610-X-4-.08(3)(c)3.(i)); only the Alabama Board of Nursing provides the Mandatory course
• APRNs: Advanced practice nurses must include 6 contact hours of pharmacology in their 24 hours (Rule 610-X-4-.08(7))
• Uploading your CE: Because 1st Choice CE does not have an Alabama Board of Nursing provider (ABNP) number, upload each certificate to your CE record on the Board's website (Rule 610-X-10-.07(1)(d)); you can't finish renewing until at least 24 hours are documented
• No repeats: A course can't be repeated for credit in the same earning period (Rule 610-X-10-.02(10))
• Records: Keep certificates for four years after the year you earned the hours (Rule 610-X-10-.07(1)(b)); the Board audits renewals

How this course helps: This 3-hour course contributes 3 contact hours toward your 24-hour Alabama total, so you will still need 21 more contact hours (and the Board's Mandatory course if this is your first renewal).

✅ When Do Alabama Nurses Renew?

Alabama nursing licenses renew every two years, online, between September 1 and December 31 of the year the license expires (Rule 610-X-4-.08(3)(a)).

Single-state RN licenses expire December 31 of even-numbered years, including 2026. Multistate RN licenses and LPN licenses expire December 31 of odd-numbered years.

Your earning period runs from your last renewal to your next one, and extra hours don't carry over.

✅ How to Renew Your Alabama Nursing License

1. Check your record. Log in to the Alabama Board of Nursing website to confirm your license type, expiration date and the CE already on your record.
2. Complete your hours. Earn at least 24 contact hours of Board-approved or Board-recognized CE during your earning period.
3. First renewal? Also complete the Board's 4-hour Mandatory course on the Alabama Board of Nursing website.
4. Upload your certificates. Add each 1st Choice CE certificate to your CE record on the Board's website. 1st Choice CE does not report hours for you.
5. Submit your renewal. Complete the online renewal application and pay the renewal fee before December 31.
6. Keep your certificates. Keep them for four years after the year you earned the hours in case you are audited.

✅ What You Will Learn

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Apply Alabama's medication standard, 610-X-6-.07, and the seven rights
• Use ISMP high-alert safeguards, smart pumps and independent double checks
• Verify and monitor insulin, heparin, enoxaparin, warfarin and DOACs
• Know Alabama's limits on LPN IV therapy and moderate sedation
• Work safely with medication assistants and controlled substances
• Respond to a medication error or near miss the right way

✅ Course Content Overview

The course is organized into three one-hour sections, each with six subtopics:

Section 1 (1 Hour): Medication-Use Systems, Alabama Standards and Safe Administration

• The Prescriber's Choice and the Nurse's Role Under Alabama's Medication Standard
• High-Alert Medications and the Medication-Use System
• Pharmacokinetics and Changing Patient Risk
• Concentrated Electrolytes, Standard Concentrations and Access Controls
• Barcode Scanning, Smart Pumps, Independent Double Checks and Error-Prone Abbreviations
• Medication History, Reconciliation and Teach-Back Without Assumptions

Section 2 (1 Hour): Insulin and Anticoagulants: Monitoring and Escalation

• Verifying Insulin Before Every Dose
• Recognizing and Responding to Hypoglycemia
• Heparin and Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin
• Warfarin and Direct Oral Anticoagulants
• Recognizing Bleeding and Escalating
• A Nursing-Facility Transition Case: Duplicate Anticoagulants and a Changed Insulin Plan

Section 3 (1 Hour): Sedation, Specialized Infusions, Delegation and Response to Medication Errors

• Moderate Sedation and Neuromuscular Blockers Under Alabama Rules
• Routes and Infusions Beyond Basic Education
• Medication Assistants, Unlicensed Staff and Assisted Living
• Controlled Substances: Accountability, Diversion and Impairment
• After a Medication Error or Near Miss
• A High-Alert Medication Handoff and an Integrated Alabama Case

✅ Other Alabama Nursing Courses

Build the rest of your hours with these courses:

• 24 Hour Alabama RN and LPN CE Package – $34.99
• 2 Hours Diabetes Nursing Update - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Recognizing Deterioration and Sepsis - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Pain Management, Opioid Safety, the Alabama PDMP and Naloxone - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Mental Health and Suicide Risk - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Older Adult and Geriatric Nursing - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Nursing Ethics, Standards of Practice and Professional Accountability in Alabama - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Reporting Abuse, Neglect and Human Trafficking: Alabama Children and Adults - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Nursing Documentation and ABN Standards for Documentation - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Wound Care and Pressure Injury Prevention - Alabama Nursing – $14.99
• 1 Hour Bloodborne Pathogens and Sharps Safety - Alabama Nursing – $14.99

✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 18292)
• Written for Alabama RNs and LPNs, with Alabama law and Board rules built in
• Affordable pricing: only $19.99 for 3 contact hours
• 100% online and self-paced
• Log in and out anytime without losing progress
• No exams
• Instant emailed certificate
• Money-back guarantee
• Over 10 years of continuing education experience
• Support by phone or text at 1-800-698-2770

✅ Enroll Now

Get 3 contact hours toward your Alabama RN or LPN renewal for only $19.99. Enroll today, work at your own pace, and receive your certificate by email the moment you finish.

Questions before you enroll? Call or text us at 1-800-698-2770.