Applicant Information Refresher Course Information A refresher course is needed when applicants for endorsement or reinstatement do not have qualifying work experience. If you have not practiced nursing 320 hours within the five years before submitting a reinstatement or an endorsement application, the board requires that you complete a board-approved refresher course as required by AS 08.68.200(b)(2) or AS 08.68.251(1) or meet the continued competency requirements as listed in 12 AAC 44.600-660. NOTE: You must receive prior approval from the Alaska Board of Nursing if you intend to take a refresher course from an institution other than the ones referenced below. The Board has approved the following refresher courses: RN Refresher Courses: South Dakota State University, College of Nursing Office of Continuing Nursing Education Box 2275, Wagner Hall 201 Brookings, SD 57007-0098 Phone: 605.688.5745 – or toll free 888. 216.9806 option #5 Fax: 605.688.6679 Email: Linda.Lemme@sdstate.edu Website: RN Refresher Course Website: LPN Refresher Course University of Delaware Online Refresher course Division of Professional and Continuing Studies University of Delaware 217 John M. Clayton Hall Newark, DE 19716 Telephone: 302/831-7600 Email: continuing-ed@UDel.edu Website: http://www.pcs.udel.edu/rnrefresher/index.html Casper College RN Refresher Course Casper College 125 College Dr. Casper, WY 82601 307-268-2085 Attn: Erik Christensen Email: erik.christensen@caspercollege.edu Webiste: caspercollege.augusoft.net (Enter RN Refresher in search box and hit 'Go.') PHES – Professional Healthcare Education Service Director of Nursing Refresher Program 3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd. Suite 100 Sugar Land, TX 77478 Phone: 281-313-7437 or 877-313-7437 Email: phes@windstream.net Website: phesonline.com RN: Course RNF 401 Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence Contact: Brittany Hill Phone: 720-699-7833 Email: brittany@coloradonursingcenter.org Website: https://www.coloradonursingcenter.org/nurse-refresher LPN Refresher Courses: South Dakota State University, College of Nursing Office of Continuing Nursing Education Box 2275, Wagner Hall 207 Brookings, SD 57007-0098 Phone: 605.688.5745 – or toll free 888. 216.9806 option #5 Fax: 605.688.6679 Email: Linda.Lemmem@sdstate.edu Website: www.sdstate.edu/nurs PHES – Professional Healthcare Education Service Director of Nursing Refresher Program 3 Sugar Creek Center Blvd. Suite 100 Sugar Land, TX 77478 Phone: 281-313-7437 or 877-313-7437 Email: phes@windstream.net Website: phesonline.com Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence Contact: Brittany Hill Phone: 720-699-7833 Email: brittany@coloradonursingcenter.org Website: https://www.coloradonursingcenter.org/nurse-refresher NOTE: You must receive prior approval from the Alaska Board of Nursing if you intend to take a refresher course from an institution other than the ones referenced above.