FAQ
To renew your RN license you will usually need to complete continuing education requirements. Sometimes the hospital you work for will also legally be required to have you take continuing education depending on your position. These credits can be gained in one of two ways…
- Workplace benefits will sometimes cover continuing education for you. They may train you themselves or instead reimburse you.
- You can take continuing education courses online.
There are many websites that offer continuing nurse education courses such as Nurse.com.
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Meredith Scannell CNM, MSN, MPH, PhD-student has extensive experience in critical care nursing and women’s health. She is a certified nurse-midwife, earned a diploma in nursing in 1995 received a Master’s Degree in Public Health and became a Certified Nurse Midwife in 2006, earned a Master’s Degree in Nursing in 2008 and currently perusing a PhD. She has extensive background working in critical care areas internationally in Boston, London, UK and Melbourne, AU. As a certified nurse midwife she has worked and the North Shore birth center delivering babies in a home like setting and at Beverly hospital. She has extensive educational background including specialized legal training and preparation to prepare as expert testimony. She holds two Masters degrees: a Masters degree in Nursing from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a Masters degree in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. She has presented as an expert panelist at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare.