jmse7en

thank you for your detailed response and sorry about the confusion between CCNE and CCEN :). I guess the accreditation differences just get complicated. My school is AACN member and ACEN though. I was curious about the whole thing because as for now this is the only requirement I saw that I could modify somehow based on my option for the completion. Regarding the other requirements for the program, I will sure take care of them when the time comes. Thank you again! :)

Hello everyone! I am about to finish my ADN. My goal is to do a BSN-DNP (Anesthesia) program. Looking at many schools where that program is available they say they prefer or mainly mention the following organizations that accreditate a BSN program (as admission requirement in their program): CCEN and/or NLN. My school's associate and BSN/BSN Completion program is accredited by ACEN. I am aware of the news involving the former NLNAC and that it was a law suit of some sort thus it was separated into two independent organizations: NLN and ACEN. Now I can choose what to do in regards of my Bachelor Completion. I do not know if I would be ok taking the Completion at my current school if they are accredited by ACEN since many universities that offer BSN to DNP programs mainly mention CCEN or NLN. I do not even know if ACEN is just a regional accreditation, if also reaches a national level or if it is as valid as CCEN or NLN. I would hate to go through the Bachelor's Completion, work for two years towards having all the requirements completed for the BSN-DNP program and then not being admitted or taking into less consideration because my program was not CCEN or NLN accredited. Is there someone who knows about this whole ordeal? Should I be ok with an ACEN accredited BSN diploma or should I switch schools after my ADN to an institution that is CCEN or NLN accredited in order to be ok in the future? Thank you in advance!