[traumahawk99]

Originally Posted by drkkelly

I think that many BSN and graduate programs are moving to CCNE accreditation and away from NLN. CCNE is the accrediting body of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Dual accreditation is expensive. Our faculty made the decision not to seek NLNAC accreditation when our school's accreditation period expires. We will only seek CCNE accreditation.

i think many are gravitating towrd ccne accreditation. high on the agenda is an all out push to make the bsn entry level to the nursing profession. you'll see more 4 year programs moving to ccne.

[LightNMild]

Here is what I found from the US Dept. of Education:

http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accr...pg8.html#nurse

It appears that CCNE is more for Bachelor and Master's degree programs whereas NLNAC is more for diploma and associate programs.

[barb4575]

Light,

I think you are absolutely right about the differences in NLN vs. CCNE for the different levels of education. Yes, many programs have decided not to do NLN at the BSN level due to expense and CCNE being more prestigious.

Barb

[traumaRUs]

And the end result is that for most licensures, either NLN OR CCNE is what is required. It does provide some standardization for education.

[nepatel]

I am enrolled in a RN to BSN program at a University in California. It is a Part of school of Professional Study program at a well known University. We are the first class of the program. we will graduate in August of 2008. Our program does not have CCNE accreditation. Our dean believes that it is just a prestigious recognition and not a neccessary one. We believe that we have to have graduated from accreditated program in order to apply for MSN program at other universities. some of the students are saying that first class needs to graduate from the program before they can give us any accreditation. Is that true? I am really confused.