Confused about accredited schools

[esubias]

Does the school you go to HAVE to be on the list of accredited schools on the RN.gov website? I recently decided I'm tired of waiting and would rather go to a privte school but if it isn't on the list would I still be qualified to sit for my state boards? Any input is appreciated...thank you:idea:

[UVA Grad Nursing]

There are different types of accreditation, and each type of accreditation has different abilities for students from these.

State Board of Nursing Accreditation: allows graduates of the school to be able to sit for NCLEX and be licensed in the state. The State Board looks to see that the school is following state standards, and that the past pass-rates of the program meets the State Board's minimum acceptable rate.

Nursing accreditation (NLNAC/CCNE): allows graduates of the school to be able to pursue additional education (RN-BSN, MSN, etc). This accreditation looks at the faculty, the curriculum, and how it complies to national nursing education standards.

Regional accreditation (New England States, Middle State, Southern State, Western State, North Central States, etc): This looks at the College or University (more than just the nursing program). Schools that have this type of accreditation can award federal financial aid. Credit from regionally accredited programs can transfer to another college or university.

A network of online schools that do not have actual campuses have set up their own national accreditation for online schools. Credit may or may not transfer from these schools (it depends on where you want the credit to transfer).

[THELIVINGWORST, ASN, RN]

from what I understand is that since you take your NCLEX through the state you cannot sit for it if the school you went to wasn't at least provisionally accredited by your state. if it only have provisional accreditation then you cannot get your license outside of your state. If a school isn't accredited then that means that it doesn't meet some sort of standard and will not adequately prepare you for the NCLEX.