If you are a registered nurse in the state of New Jersey and you need to renew your license, you must complete 30 hours of approved continuing education courses.  Although the New Jersey Board of Nursing has referred nurses to the NOCA website for a list of approved courses, NOCA itself does not review or approve any type of educational courses for continuing education.  It is our understanding that if you complete a course that has been approved by one of the nursing organizations that has a certification program accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, NOCA’s accrediting body, credits received should count towards your required 30 hours.  The following nursing organizations have NCCA accredited certification programs:

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners   
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification Corporation
American Board for Occupational Health Nurses
American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Certification
Competency & Credentialing Institute (formerly Certification Board Perioperative Nursing)
Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists
National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
National Certification Corporation for the Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing Specialties
Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, Inc.
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board

Please visit the above organizations’ websites to find a list of their approved CE providers.  Completing courses from these approved providers should count towards your required 30 hours.  However, please understand that NOCA/NCCA does not have the final authority to determine what will or will not count towards renewing your license, and therefore does not guarantee that courses you complete will be approved by the NJ Board of Nursing for your license renewal.