Ccne reject

Right, no one is debating the standard, the underlining problem is that none of this information was or has to be publicized until the school lost or loses accreditation (which is apparently perfectly legal). Students should not be punished or should not be in the dark about these matters. Also, the purpose of being board certified is to show whether or not you are fit to practice (at least by the standards of the accrediting agency). So the rationale of going through a sub par curriculum is sorta/kinda moot in that if the student passes the boards, they are competent to practice as FNPs. Statistics as we all know are such that you can have extremely high performers and some lower performers, average up their totals and the low scores drag down the average. It does not mean all the students are low performers.

Thanks MaybeNia, I should edit the post to reflect that we did get the extension after all, at least for my cohort, so we do get to sit for the boards after all. Whether or not the program was subpar was a moot point because none of that was made public, so students enrolling in the school had no idea they were paying into a system that may lose accreditation. Also, the program was for FNP, and the issue was that while the school was able to increase their average to a 78, ANCC requires an 80 average. If my cohort is able to pass with flying colors, hopefully the school can reapply for reaccreditation.

Hey Momma23 that is incorrect. If graduate from an accredited program, you can sit for the exam. But if you graduate from a non accredited program, you can never sit for the Ancc. I am glad to report that 2 days ago, the CCNE announced that they would extend accreditation until March, to allow those of us scheduled to graduate this month to do so from an accredited program. However, I still feel for the cohort behind us who were scheduled to graduate in May 2021. They will graduate from a non accredited program if they choose to stay and will never be able to sit for Ancc.

They said they were prohibited, but the CCNE policy states they don’t have to disclose to the public or students until they get a denial. I am thinking it is a matter of semantics and they want to justify keeping this from us. While the CCNE states schools don’t have to disclose, their policy also doesn’t state they prohibit schools from disclosing. It’s all very sad. I even looked up USDE policies and I never knew the level of deception I feel this whole system is based on. See for yourselves. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/01/2019-23129/student-assistance-general-provisions-the-secretarys-recognition-of-accrediting-agencies-the

Yes, they only put that up once they realized how bad this is getting. AlL of a sudden, now they want to communicate!!

That is correct. New York will license us, but finding employment will be another issue. I’ve already ties with my employer and they told me I need to be board certified to advance with them.

Yep, this is a community college this happened in so while tuition is cheaper (which is why I’m sure a lot of us choose community college), it’s still 3 years gone! Can’t think of another 3 years, I’ll need a break after this one. Also, the larger issue I have with CCNE is in not mandating these things to be made public so that people can make informed decisions as to where they will invest their education. Thank you all for your support.

It does help! Thank you so much!

Yes, that site was created as a result of what is happening now, but the fact remains that this was not known about until November. Also, yes they are also asking for us to be able to sit, but it is not guaranteed that they will indeed give us a good cause extension. We can graduate, but because the school is no longer accredited we will be unable to sit for boards unless the ANCC or CCNE extend.

Thank you! I never would have known about this whole process had it not been for me going through it. A school can be in the verge of losing accreditation and they can legally still take on students and not have an obligation to say anything until they are fully denied! I can’t believe this is done to nurses, by nurses!

The benchmark for taking the test has to be at an 80 percent. Back in 2017 the Ancc put them on a corrective action plan and while the percentage went up to a 78, it’s still not an 80 so in June 2020 the school lost accreditation. The bigger issue is that none of this was communicated to the students or the public, or we would have chosen a different school. Apparently, the CCNE’s policies dictate that a school does not have to disclose anything to the public or their students other than a denial, which happened in June of 2020, except the school STILL didn’t tell us because they were seeking an appeal. In other words, while there were issues since 2017, the only governing body dictates that schools don’t have to notify until they reach a denial which was in June 2020. We only found out because a graduate of the May 2020 cohort who attempted to sit for the boards was rejected so she reached out to a friend of hers in my cohort who notified the rest of us, that was around 11-13. On 11.20 when they went to the appeal hearing, the denial was upheld and they notified us the following day. Now while 99 percent of the degree was done while the school was accredited, the fact remains that we will graduate in 2 weeks from a program that lost accreditation, effectively banning us from sitting for our boards, ever. What we are asking is if the accreditation loss date can be delayed for a month to allow at least our cohort to sit for the exam. Transferring is a horrible option, as only up to 12 credits will be accepted out of the 45 we have, and we will have to redo our 500+ hours of clinicals.

Imagine you are 3 weeks shy of graduation and found that your school loses accreditation, effectively making you ineligible to sit for boards. This is what happened to the Lehman 200, who had no idea the school’s program was being looked into by the CCNE. Please support us in asking the CCNE to allow us to sit for our boards! Sign, and if you can share, please do. We need all the help we can get. http://chng.it/YkYgsRzmzz