NJCU ABSN 2017

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Hi everyone! I'm currently in the process of applying to NJCU's accelerated nursing program. Any current students or alumni have advice?

Anyone else out there applying to NJCU? Or any other accelerated programs in the NY/NJ area?

Yes thank you! Good to have all this information though. I was in contact with the chairman of the nursing program and he confirmed that they are in the process of being accredited by a different ( more prestigious) organization (CCNE as you referenced) and they are awaiting final decision in early October and the accreditation will be retroactive to the initial site visit which occurred in February 2017.

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Thank you for all this information! I was also concerned when I read this and didn't understand why they would "voluntarily withdraw" from the accreditation, but now it makes sense if they are trying to become accredited from a different organization. So I guess my question is regardless of what happens with this pending application, NCJU will still be accredited somewhere, right?

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Yes it definitely makes sense knowing they are pursuing accreditation elsewhere, it was very concerning without that key information. It's actually a good thing that NJCU will be accredited from this organization as it has higher standards of the two recognized accrediting bodies.

The email I received explained the process and timing required to obtain this new accreditation :

"Our CCNE Accreditation visit occurred February 13-15, 2017. We received the CCNE Team Report this past month. The report identifies that we are in compliance with the 4 major CCNE Standards. We were requested to provide additional information on one sub-standard to the Accreditation Review Committee (ARC) and have submitted our program response to CCNE. A copy of our program response will be appended to the report when it is distributed to the ARC and to the CCNE Board of Commissioners.

The CCNE Board of Commissioners will make an accreditation decision about our nursing program at its meeting on October 17-20, 2017. We will be notified of the accreditation action, in writing, within 30 days of the date on which the CCNE Board completes its accreditation deliberations. CCNE will send the accreditation action letter to us at that time. A positive accreditation decision is retroactive to the date of our accreditation visit in February."

Sounds to me as though the approval is pretty certain, I can't imagine the school would risk being without accreditation if they weren't confident they would receive it from the CCNE.

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Thanks for providing this info!

I looked on other all nurses forums because I wasn't entirely sure what the switch in accreditation meant and came across this post:

I have been accepted to two nursing programs for Fall 2014! I'm having trouble deciding between programs. One program is CCNE and ACEN accredited, and the other is only ACEN accredited. Is there a difference? Thanks!

Either is sufficient, and there's no particular advantage to a school having both. Unless things have changed fairly recently, ACEN accredits LPN, diploma, ADN, and BSN programs. CCNE accredits BSN and graduate programs. So, they both accredit BSN programs and that's where the overlap comes in (or, in the case of schools that have a range of nursing programs; e.g., if a school has had a BSN program accredited by ACEN for a long time, and starts an MSN program, they would pursue CCNE accreditation for the graduate program)

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thanks @eoshea for sharing that. I feel better about everything now. =)

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Hello everyone! My name is Kyle and I'm also going to be in the class of 2018 Jersey City Cohort! I noticed Wall made a Facebook group, but Jersey City's newest accepted ABSN students did not yet. Shall I go ahead and make one?

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good luck everyone :)

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Hey Kyle! Sure, go ahead and make one and let me know what its called so I can join :)

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Definitely! Thanks, Kyle!

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Hello

I know the May cohort at Wall should almost be done. Can anyone speak on their experience?

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Hi guys!! I made the Facebook group!! Log into Facebook | Facebook

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The name of the cohort group is NJCU ABSN Class of 2018: Jersey City Cohort

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