Worried...accredited college for LPN?

Your state board of nursing can tell you which LPN programs in a CC setting are accredited. Give them a call, or write and ask for the information.

I do not know where you go to school but you can go on mich.gov website and search under education. Also, your school should be able to tell you if they are accreditated. You want to look for NLN accrediation. I know that Oakland Community College is accreditated. Where do you attend?

Pretty much all schools are accredited by the State Board of Nursing but not all programs are accredited by the NLNAC or the CCNE. According the the NLNAC website, the only LPN program accredited in Michigan is Grand Rapids Community College. http://www.nlnac.org/Forms/directorySearch.asp That is the website to search accredited programs for the NLNAC. Here is the website to search accredited programs by the CCNE: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/accprog.asp

I'm not sure what exactly the whole deal is with accrediting. I just personally have been told that you should pick programs that are accredited by the NLNAC or CCNE or their could be problems transferring credits if you continue on with your education. All the RN-BSN programs and MSN programs I have looked at specifiy your RN degree must be from an accredited program - I don't know if they mean by the State BON or the NLNAC/CCNE.
I had a friend who got her RN degree from a community college that was only accredited by the State BON then went to an university to finish her BSN and they would not recognize her RN degree because it was not from an accredited program.

Yes, you are correct about the NLN accreditation. Without it, most RN programs will not accept in transfer any of the credits earned in those programs if the nurse decides to go on to get her RN. These LPNs then usually have to take all the nursing classes required for the RN degree, although there may be some exceptions.

This is why I think it is important for anyone considering going to nursing school check out the NLN listing of the nursing schools they've accredited. If they have any idea of later going on to get a higher degree in nursing it is going to make a very important difference to have graduated from an NLN accredited program.