CCNE accredited but not endorsed by the PA BON?

[Raviepoo]

I am planning to do an online RN - BSN program at UT Arlington. One of the other students from my RN program is also planning to get her BSN through UTA. She is moving to Texas. A few days ago she stated that UTA's RN - BSN program is not endorsed by Pennsylvania? Can anyone tell me what that means?

If I have an RN license, that is really all I need to be able to work in PA. I want the BSN to allow me to apply to graduate programs. I'm going to contact the grad programs I'm interested in to see if there is any problem with a UTA BSN. What else should I consider before getting started? Does anyone know?

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

State boards of nursing do not accredit or endorse post-licensure RN-to-BSN programs because they are designed for people who are already licensed as RNs.

The Pennsylvania Board of Nursing regulates nursing programs in PA. The Texas Board of Nursing regulates nursing programs in Texas. Therefore, a Texas school such as UT Arlington will never be regulated by the Pennsylvania BON.

If you looked hard enough you would also notice that the Yale School of Nursing is not regulated by the PA BON, yet it is the most prestigious school of nursing in the entire country. This is because Yale is in Connecticut, not PA.

[elkpark]

I've been licensed in four different states over the course of my career. I've never had difficulty getting licensed in a state because I went to a school in a different state. As Commuter notes, state BONs do not officially "approve" schools in other states because they have no jurisdiction or authority over schools in other states. That doesn't mean that they won't consider the education appropriate for licensure. I also had no difficulty getting accepted into graduate programs with an undergraduate degree from a school in a different state (than the state the grad school was in). That happens all the time.