Is it a bad idea to enroll in program that only has STATE Accreditation?

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So the ADN program I applied to only has State accreditation not National...I was told that they are working to obtain National accreditation. Is that a bad thing and will I regret staying here?

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Hi MoonKitten, 

I am in a similar situation where my school IS accredited, but has national accreditation and not regional. I plan to transfer in September, but what I have learned through calling the hospitals human resources and looking at job postings is that, if your school does not have regional or national accreditation, you may have issues finding jobs. I have even seen job postings that specified that the applicants must have graduated from a CCNE or ACEN accredited school. Also, if you: 

1. Plan to further your education, you may have issues transferring credits, and may have to start from scratch.

2. Certain jobs you may not be able to apply for, such as with the VA

3. You cannot apply for residency programs after graduation. 

4. If you happen to ever need to relocate, you cannot practice in that state.

5. Also, say you attended a nationally accredited school, get your bachelors through a regionally accredited school and decide to pursue your MSN, many schools will not accept applicants who attended schools that are not accredited or have national accreditation even though you may have obtained your BSN through a regional school. 

So overall, I think a good rule of thumb is to always attend a school that has regional accreditation. I am no expert so I hope you get more input on this thread from someone who may have experienced it because I'd like to know for myself as well. Hope this helps.

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Boards of Nursing can decline to offer you licensure by reciprocity if the program you take elsewhere doesn’t meet their standards. This is regardless of whether your state did license you before. They have no sense of humor about this. They could require you to take remedial work, repeat an entire program they approve, or turn you down flat. And take NCLEX again. 
 

So if you are dead certain sure that life will never ever ever need you to work in another state and you will never never ever want to continue your education as Adowner04 outlined so helpfully above, sure, don’t worry about a thing. (Jk)

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Unless the school has ACEN OR CCNE accreditation don't DO IT... waste of time and money ?

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1 hour ago, It'sYaGirlK said:

Unless the school has ACEN OR CCNE accreditation don't DO IT... waste of time and money ?

Ugh...how are students still sitting for the NCLEX there? 

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On 3/10/2021 at 8:09 AM, Moonkitten said:

Ugh...how are students still sitting for the NCLEX there? 

Sitting for NCLEX is an individual state BON decision. If  BON 1 wants to OK grads from a school within or without its borders, it can do that, and give them NCLEX for State 1 licensure. But BON 2 might not accept grads from one of State 1's schools, so even if those grads passed NCLEX in State 1, they might not get a license to practice in State 2.

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On 3/11/2021 at 11:45 AM, Hannahbanana said:

But BON 2 might not accept grads from one of State 1's schools, so even if those grads passed NCLEX in State 1, they might not get a license to practice in State 2.

This and AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!! NUrsing school in itself is difficult and you want to be able to practice any and everywhere when you’re done 

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