1 Hour Outpatient Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy and Stewardship - Arkansas APRN

1 Hour Outpatient Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy and Stewardship - Arkansas APRN

✅ Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing | Provider #CEP 18292 | Accepted by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing as CE Approved by Another U.S. Board of Nursing | 1 Contact Hour | Only $14.99 | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Earn 1 contact hour of pharmacotherapeutics continuing education toward your Arkansas APRN renewal with an online course on outpatient antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship, from a California BRN-approved provider (CEP 18292), only $14.99. It covers respiratory infections, the 2025 ATS pneumonia update, UTI, skin infections, penicillin allergy labels and C. difficile.

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, which names the California Board of Registered Nursing approval the Arkansas Board looks for, is emailed to you immediately. Keep it with your renewal records.

✅ Course Details

• Course name: 1 Hour Outpatient Antimicrobial Pharmacotherapy and Stewardship - Arkansas APRN
• Approved by: California Board of Registered Nursing
• Provider number: CEP 18292
• Arkansas use: CE approved by another U.S. board of nursing, which the Arkansas State Board of Nursing accepts
• Contact hours: 1 (each contact hour is 50 minutes of instruction) of pharmacotherapeutics
• Category: Advanced practice nursing pharmacotherapeutics continuing education
• Format: 100% online, self-paced, with no final exam
• Instructor: Valeria Garcia, BSN, RN
• Price: $14.99
• Certificate: Emailed instantly when you finish
• Reporting: You declare your CE at renewal; upload certificates only if audited
• Support: Call or text 1-800-698-2770

✅ Who Should Take This Course?

This course is written for:

• Arkansas APRNs with prescriptive authority
• Family and adult-gerontology nurse practitioners
• APRNs in primary care, urgent care and retail clinics
• APRNs who manage UTIs and skin infections
• APRNs who want current IDSA and CDC guidance

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the Arkansas Requirement?

This course provides 1 contact hour of pharmacotherapeutics toward the 5 contact hours Arkansas APRNs with prescriptive authority need each biennium. It counts only if it falls within your area of certification. It does not replace the Board's own Advanced Practice Nursing in Arkansas course, which covers the 2 required hours on professional boundaries and Arkansas prescribing law.

This course is included in the 3 Hour Arkansas APRN Pharmacotherapeutics CE Package, which gives you all 3 remaining pharmacotherapeutics hours for $24.99.

✅ Arkansas APRN Pharmacotherapeutics Requirements

Arkansas APRNs with prescriptive authority must complete 5 contact hours of pharmacotherapeutics continuing education in their area of certification each biennium (17 CAR § 123-207(h)(1)). Two of those hours must cover maintaining professional boundaries and the prescribing rules and laws that apply to Arkansas APRNs (17 CAR § 123-207(h)(2)); the Board states that APRNs meet that part by completing its own course, Advanced Practice Nursing in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Board of Nursing accepts continuing education approved by another U.S. board of nursing, as long as the certificate names the board that approved it. 1st Choice CE's courses are approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 18292, and every certificate says so.

• Pharmacotherapeutics: 5 contact hours each biennium, in your area of certification (17 CAR § 123-207(h)(1))
• Board course: 2 of the 5 hours on professional boundaries and Arkansas prescribing law, met by the ASBN's Advanced Practice Nursing in Arkansas course (17 CAR § 123-207(h)(2))
• RN license: Your RN license must also be renewed, with its own continuing education (15 contact hours, certification or an academic course)
• Reporting: You declare your CE at renewal and upload certificates only if audited (17 CAR §§ 121-702, 121-703)
• Records: Keep certificates for two renewal periods or four years (17 CAR § 121-705(c))

How this course helps: This course provides 1 contact hour of pharmacotherapeutics. With the Board's 2-hour course and two more pharmacotherapeutics hours, such as the other courses in our APRN package, you reach the 5 hours.

✅ When Do Arkansas Nurses Renew?

Arkansas nursing licenses renew every two years on a staggered schedule based on your birth date (17 CAR § 121-801; ASBN). The renewal link in the Arkansas Nurse Portal opens 60 days before your license expires.

Each license type renews separately. APRNs renew their RN license first, then their APRN license.

A license that isn't renewed by its expiration date lapses, and practicing on a lapsed license is illegal practice.

✅ How to Renew Your Arkansas Nursing License

1. Check your expiration date. Sign in to the Arkansas Nurse Portal to confirm your license type and expiration date.
2. Complete your CE. APRNs: complete 5 pharmacotherapeutics hours, including the Board's Advanced Practice Nursing in Arkansas course, during the biennium.
3. Renew online. Starting 60 days before your license expires, complete the renewal application in the Arkansas Nurse Portal.
4. Declare your CE. Affirm that you met the continuing education requirement. Don't upload certificates unless you're selected for an audit.
5. Pay the fee. Pay the renewal fee by card and save your receipt.
6. Keep your certificates. Keep them for two renewal periods or four years in case of an audit.

✅ What You Will Learn

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Apply the CDC Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship
• Decide when to prescribe for common respiratory infections and pneumonia
• Manage UTI, asymptomatic bacteriuria and skin infections
• Address penicillin allergy labels
• Recognize C. difficile risk and meet Arkansas reporting duties

✅ Course Content Overview

The course is one one-hour section with six subtopics:

Section 1 (1 Hour): Outpatient Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship for Arkansas APRNs

• Outpatient Stewardship and the Arkansas APRN
• Sinusitis, Pharyngitis and Acute Bronchitis
• Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adult Outpatients
• Urinary Tract Infection and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
• Skin Infections and Penicillin Allergy Delabeling
• C. difficile, Reporting and a Bald Knob Case

✅ Other Arkansas APRN and Nursing Courses

Build the rest of your hours with these courses:

• 3 Hour Arkansas APRN Pharmacotherapeutics CE Package – $24.99
• 1 Hour Controlled-Substance Prescribing and the Arkansas PDMP - Arkansas APRN – $14.99
• 1 Hour Cardiometabolic Pharmacotherapy Update - Arkansas APRN – $14.99
• 15 Hour Arkansas RN and LPN CE Package – $20.99

✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 18292)
• Written for Arkansas APRNs, with Arkansas law and Board rules built in
• Affordable pricing: only $14.99 for 1 contact hour
• 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 1 contact hour toward your Arkansas APRN renewal for only $14.99. 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.