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What school takes 64? Are you going for your BSN?

According to Chattahoochee Technical College "ASN Program Accreditation Status - Chattahoochee Technical College's Associate of Science in Nursing is not accredited by the NLNAC" National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. They are approved by Georgia Board of Nursing. What does this all mean? You can go to CTC, take the Nclex, and work IN (and only in) Georgia. However, some employers post jobs such as this one from VNHS "Education: Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate Degree or Baccalaureate School of Nursing" Preference given to Baccalaureate Degree (another hurdle) How to research for yourself... Look at CTC website for Accreditiation Information for ASN Look at other Associate Degree Programs in Georgia for their accreditation information Go to the NLNAC website and see which schools are listed Go to the Secretary of State for Georgia's website so you can see all the schools with approval for the Georgia Board of Nursing (thats usually a school's first step in the accreditation process in GA) Look at some job postings for yourself and see if they mention an accredited program Call Nurse recruiting hotlines set up by some hospitals, ask them. Bumpee wasn't totally wrong but this other person must work for the school.

I see they have Associate Degree in Nursing on their site but not the accreditation. Can you have a program listed that is not accredited? What happens to the students that get in the program and finish it but the school is not accredited?

No, Chattahoochee Technical School does NOT have an accredited Associate Degree in Nursing Program. I don't know why they are misleading people. They still have the degree posted on there site but Nursing programs (Associate, Bachelor, Masters Degrees) have their own accreditation board. Look at the other schools in your area that have Nursing programs and see what I mean. Then you can go to the 2 (there are only 2) accreditation websites and you will NOT find Chattahoochee Technical School listed as being accredited. One site listed them as a Candidate. You must be a graduate of a Georgia Board of Nursing approved school to sit for the RN licensure exam. Here is a link to Secretary of State RN school directory. This lists Chattahoochee in the initial stage of accreditation as of June 2011. http://sos.georgia.gov/plb/rn/RN%20School%20Directory.pdf I guess they are working on it, which is good for them!!