Aacn or Ccne

Published

What is the difference between theses two accreditations?

I am considering two different colleges. Saint Benedict is a private school that is Aacn. There is less classes that are more credits.

And the other college is St. Cloud state it's a public university that is Ccne & has more classes you take that are worth less credits.

I am looking to get my bachelor in nursing. I am very unsure of what I should do now about my choice.

My chances of getting into st. Ben is much higher than St. Cloud but I want to go to St. Cloud more.

But after I graduate I want to do nursing residences in Florida. For nursing residences do they have a preference on who your college degree is accredited by?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

By AACN, do you mean ACEN? ACEN and CCNE have similar criteria, but they differ in the type of program they accredit: ACEN accredits all types of programs while CCNE only accredits bachelors and masters programs.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

No it is Aacn

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (the only result I can get with AACN related to nursing school) contains the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, so they are one and the same.

Saint Benedict says this:

The baccalaureate program at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

And this:

um is structured around the AACN Essentials for Baccalaureate Nursing Education.

So, both schools are actually CCNE accredited. The AACN essentials is the "curricular elements and framework"; it is not an accreditation.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion