does anyone know what FNP program accepts nurses from an acics accredited school

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Hello all,

I am an RN that graduated from an ACICS school. At the time I had no idea about different accreditation and just understood that the school was accredited and that is what is important. I am starting a BSN program in a few weeks that is CCNE accredited and accepts students from ACICS schools. So here is my question .... every FNP program that I look up on their webpage says that the student must have graduated from a NLNAC (now ACEN) program. Does the CCCNE BSN now trump the ACICS RN and I have no issue going forwards or will I never be able to matriculate into an FNP program? Does anyone know of an FNP program that accepts a RN(acics) with a BSN (CCNE) into their program. Obviously I'm quite distraught about all of this. any advice is appreciated.

Thank you everyone!

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

Graduate degree programs will look at your highest undergraduate nursing degree. In your case, that will be the BSN from a CCNE accredited institution. I'm fairly certain that you will be fine in pursuing a graduate nursing degree. CCNE and ACEN are the only two nursing program accreditation bodies, both are equally accepted.

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thanks. that's reassuring. I have been getting different opinions. yours makes sense.

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CCNE and ACICS are two entirely different matters. ACICS is about general academic accreditation, and CCNE is nursing accreditation. Is the school at which you're taking your BSN regionally accredited (in regard to general academic accreditation, I mean)? As long as your BSN is from a regionally accredited (for general academic accreditation) school that is CCNE accredited, you should be fine. (As Juan noted, ACEN and CCNE are comparable nursing accreditations and, in most cases, either is equally acceptable.)

If, for some reason, your BSN program does not have the same general academic accreditation as "regular" colleges and universities, regional (academic) accreditation, you are likely to run into trouble from that in getting into grad school.

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Thanks. I'll look into that. The school I will be attending is nlnac for rn and ccne for bsn. I already have a bs and I guess they want students because the acics accred was a non issue for them for enrollment into the bsn program. Great advice.

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Yes the school is regionally accredited. Anything else to look into ?

Thank you.

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