CCNE vs NLN accreditation

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I am graduating this May from an ADN program.

I want to start by BSN this Fall.

I received a letter from Walden University and it says they are CCNE accredited not NLN accreditted.

Does it matter in concrete terms like getting a job, one accreditation being better or superior to the other etc?

Do schools consider the accreditation when applying to MSN or NP programs?

I may moved abroad - Australia - to work. Do employers or Boards of Nursing abroad recognise both?

Thanks

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CCNE only certifies bachelor programs and above and of the two accreditations some consider it to be the superior one. NLN accredits associate degree programs as well as beyond. An associate degree program will never be accredited by CCNE however a bachelor program may be accredited by NLN.

The parent company of the CCNE actively lobbies to make a bachelors degree the entry level degree to be an RN, which is something I'm not totally on board with.

I think as far one vs the others it's half of one and half a dozen of the other. The important thing is that you've either got one or the other.

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The NLNAC accredits (only) LPN, diploma, ADN, and BSN programs. The CCNE accredits (only) BSN programs and graduate programs. A BSN program can have either NLNAC or CCNE accreditation, or both. Either is equally acceptable.

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CORRECTION:

NLNAC accredits LPN, diploma, ADN, BSN AND Graduate programs. You can do a program search by visiting http://www.nlnac.org/forms/directory_search.htm

CCNE accredits BSN and graduate programs only. You can do a program search by visiting http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/accprog.asp.

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These do not answer my questions in my original post.

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