NC AHEC RN Refresher Program

NC AHEC offers a self-paced RN Refresher Program for registered nurses (RNs) who want to return to active practice. The NC AHEC RN Refresher Program is designed for RNs who have successfully passed the NCLEX exam, been licensed in one of the 50 states, and have an inactive license greater than 5 years. It is also available to RNs with an active license who want to update their knowledge and skills.

The program consists of an online theory component and a clinical practicum. The theory component has 24 online modules which review adult nursing concepts. The modules are offered by UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing and managed by South Piedmont AHEC. The clinical component is 140 hours of precepted clinical experience and is coordinated by Eastern AHEC.  Enrollment is ongoing.

Fees for this course include:

Administrative fee (paid to the regional AHEC): $125
Theory Course (paid to South Piedmont AHEC): $675
Clinical Practicum placement fee (paid to the AHEC where the Clinical Practicum is administered): $250

For more detailed program information, visit:

NC Board of Nursing Refresher Course | RN | North Carolina Board of Nursing (ncbon.com)
NC AHEC RN Refresher Program Nurse Refresher Program | NC AHEC

For Eastern AHEC, please email Pam Bowman, RN Refresher Coordinator at bowmanp23@ecu.edu or call 252-744-5216.

See what our recent graduates have to say about the RN Refresher program.

Lori Norman, RN
https://youtu.be/oNKX_1p9anc

You know you have a great talent and passion for nursing.  Believe in yourself.
I personally registered for the RN refresher course at Eastern AHEC in 2016 after stopping my nursing career for 12 years.  Thanks to the great program at Eastern AHEC as well as the encouragement of the kind RN refresher coordinator, I was able to return to nursing without difficulty in 2016.  I worked at ECU Health as an RN about 6 years and transitioned to work at Pitt Community College as a full-time nursing faculty in 2022.  —Minkyoung Kim, MSN, RN