2 Hours Mental Health and Suicide Risk - Arkansas Nursing

2 Hours Mental Health and Suicide Risk - Arkansas Nursing

✅ 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 | 2 Contact Hours | Only $14.99 | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Earn 2 contact hours toward your Arkansas RN or LPN renewal with an online mental health and suicide risk course, from a California BRN-approved provider (CEP 18292), only $14.99. It covers medical causes of behavioral change, the NIMH ASQ screening tool, immediate safety, collaborative safety planning, lethal-means counseling and 988.

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: 2 Hours Mental Health and Suicide Risk - Arkansas Nursing
• 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: 2 (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: $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 RNs and LPNs
• Emergency, medical-surgical and primary care nurses
• Behavioral health and long-term care nurses
• Nurses who screen patients for suicide risk
• Nurses who want practical safety-planning skills

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the Arkansas Requirement?

This course provides 2 contact hours toward the 15 contact hours Arkansas RNs and LPNs can use to meet the renewal requirement. Arkansas has no required subjects for RNs and LPNs, so practice-focused hours like these count toward your total. The course does not complete the requirement by itself.

For all 15 hours at once, see the 15 Hour Arkansas RN and LPN CE Package for $20.99.

✅ Arkansas RN and LPN Continuing Education Requirements

Arkansas RNs and LPNs with an active license must complete one of three options during each two-year renewal period: 15 practice-focused contact hours from a recognized continuing education approval body, national certification or recertification, or an academic course in nursing or a related field (17 CAR § 121-704(a)(1)(A)). 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.

• Contact hours: 15 practice-focused contact hours per two-year renewal period if you use the contact-hour option; the Board counts a 50- or 60-minute hour as a contact hour
• Required subjects: None for RNs and LPNs; choose activities that fit your nursing role (17 CAR § 121-705(a))
• APRNs: APRNs with prescriptive authority also need 5 contact hours of pharmacotherapeutics in their area of certification each biennium, and 2 of those must cover professional boundaries and Arkansas prescribing rules (17 CAR § 123-207(h))
• First renewal: If your first renewal period after initial Arkansas licensure is less than 24 months, no continuing education is required for that renewal (ASBN Renewal FAQ)
• Reporting: You declare your CE on the renewal application (17 CAR § 121-702). Do not upload certificates unless the Board selects you for a random audit (17 CAR § 121-703). 1st Choice CE does not report to CE Broker
• Records: Keep certificates for two renewal periods or four years (17 CAR § 121-705(c)); extra hours don't carry over (17 CAR § 121-704(f))
• Not accepted: In-service programs, orientation, refresher courses and courses designed for lay people (17 CAR § 121-708)

How this course helps: This 2-hour course contributes 2 contact hours toward the 15-hour option, so you will still need 13 more contact hours unless you meet the requirement through certification or an academic course.

✅ 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. Earn 15 practice-focused contact hours during your renewal period, or meet the requirement through certification or an academic course.
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:

• Recognize behavioral change and rule out medical causes
• Administer the adult NIMH ASQ screening tool faithfully
• Keep a patient with current suicidal thoughts safe
• Support collaborative safety planning and lethal-means counseling
• Use structured handoffs, 988 and transition planning

✅ Course Content Overview

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

Section 1 (1 Hour): Behavioral Change, Validated Screening and Immediate Safety

• Recognizing behavioral change and medical causes
• Screening, safety assessment and disposition
• Administering the adult ASQ faithfully
• Current thoughts, plans, means and past behavior
• Observation, environmental safety and NPG 8
• A medical-unit case: RN and LPN roles in Salem

Section 2 (1 Hour): Therapeutic Engagement, Safety Planning and Transitions

• Calm, respectful engagement without delay
• Collaborative safety planning, not a contract
• Lethal-means counseling with the care team
• The structured suicide-risk handoff
• Transitions, 988 and emergency response
• A Hamburg transition case with unresolved gaps

✅ Other Arkansas Nursing Courses

Build the rest of your hours with these courses:

• 15 Hour Arkansas RN and LPN CE Package – $20.99
• 2 Hours Arkansas Nurse Practice Act and Professional Accountability - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Medication Safety and High-Alert Medications - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Recognizing Clinical Deterioration and Sepsis - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Heart Disease and Stroke Nursing Update - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Diabetes and Obesity Nursing Update - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Postpartum Warning Signs and Congenital Syphilis Prevention - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Substance Use, Overdose Response and Naloxone - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 1 Hour Recognizing and Reporting Child and Adult Maltreatment in Arkansas - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 2 Hours Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99
• 1 Hour Bloodborne Pathogens and Sharps Safety - Arkansas Nursing – $14.99

✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• Approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 18292)
• Written for Arkansas RNs and LPNs, with Arkansas law and Board rules built in
• Affordable pricing: only $14.99 for 2 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 2 contact hours toward your Arkansas RN or LPN 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.