Registration for the University of Delaware’s RN Refresher Online Program is open for the fall course that starts Aug. 30.

The long-running program is offered through UD’s Division of Professional and Continuing Studies (UD PCS) and has served nearly 1,500 registered nurses seeking to update their nursing knowledge in order to reinstate, reactivate or renew their RN licenses, and to re-enter or continue active nursing practice.

Last year, the program had registrants from throughout the U.S., and from as far away as Alaska and Bermuda.

“I had been away from active nursing practice and felt a need to catch up on what is current in nursing practice and have my nursing license reinstated,” said RN Refresher graduate Kathleen Jones, in a scenario echoed by many other course participants. “The positives of the UD program for me had to do with the flexibility and thoroughness of the online nursing refresher program. The ability to access the program anytime and anywhere was a huge plus.”

UD’s RN Refresher is comprised of a 15-week online course, followed by a hospital-based clinical rotation. Along with detailed medical/surgical, pharmacology and specialty updates, topics include nursing trends of the 21st century, cultural competence, legal considerations, end-of-life and more. The regularly-updated course content reflects the pace of change in the healthcare environment.

For more information about the next offering of the program, visit the website.