Program accreditation

[girodriguez]

The ADN program I am in is approved by the Texas Board of Nursing, but is currently working on national accreditation. The program director says they will use our current curriculum to apply for accreditation. If I graduate after it gets approved, I would assume I am graduating for a nationally accredited program, correct? What about if I graduate BEFORE it gets accredited, but it is the same curriculum? Would that status still apply to me?

national accreditation doesn't really matter to me right now because I will be able to find a job easily in my area as long as there program is approved in Texas, but I know a lot of places in bigger cities require national accredited program graduates. I do plan on getting my BSN at a ccne accredited college in the future though.

[girodriguez]

I remember looking at some NP programs and it said that the nursing degree needed to be in a CCNE/ACEN accredited institution. Also, I think another hurdle you might come across is if you're applying to another state to be licensed.

my BSN will be from a CCNE accredited program

[OliverElio87, BSN, RN]

I think you should be fine. I know nurses who got their nursing degree from non ccne/acne school and are great nurses.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

What you should do is to look at what agreements are in place. No program is ever nationally accredited from the get go because pass rates are factored into the policy. What you need to do is take a peak at what schools will accept the credits and make sure that you can enroll into an RN to BSN program that has CCNE or ACEN accreditation.

For example, my school lost their ACEN accreditation and was due to get back by the time I graduated. However, it took them several years with site visits and a lot of work on the administration in order to get the accreditation back. Like 4 years. If they had not, it was a partner school of Ohio University and other handful of universities that had CCNE accreditation. Most RN to BSN schools do not require ACEN accreditation but a handful due like University of Lousiana Lafayette at the time required it.

Only one hospital required the initial nursing degree to be from an ACEN or CCNE accredited school and even then I think it may have been awkward wording on the hospital's part. Most hospitals care that A. you have an unrestricted license. B. You enroll in a BSN program within 3 years and graduate within 5 years.