School is not accredited by NLN but it is accredited COE. What does it mean?

[nelyyy]

Im looking into going to cts Career Training Solutions in fredericksburg, VA. But before i make the decision of attending the school or not i want to make sure that the school is accredited and i will have no problems trying to further my education or finding a job. The school is accredited by the commission of the Council on Occupational Education. Now i have seen people post comments that if the school is not NLN accredited then not to even bother going to that school. My question is what is the difference of being accredited by NLN and COE? i mean cts is still accredited so does it make a difference who it is accredited by? Im only staying in Virginia to go to school & once im done with the LPN program i am moving back to California (where im originally from). So i just want to be able to move to cali and find a job as an LPN with no problems.

[north, LVN]

As far as I know (my instructor told me this), there are no LPN programs accredited by NLN. Only programs offering degrees (i.e. RN programs) are accredited by NLN. At least that's the way I understand it. Since LPN is a "trade school" program that prepares you for licensure after passing the NCLEX-PN, it is accredited by The Council on Occupational Education. The program that I'm graduating LPN from is accredited by that body as well. I have looked around to see if this accreditation is accepted around the country and from what I can see, it is.

At their site, you can find a list of all the schools accredited by them. You will notice that they accredit schools in pretty much every state in the union. You can download a PDF list of all the schools accredited by them as recently as Sept. 2011.

I was worried that my program would not be recognized in other states; however, after a little digging around and looking at the list, I feel better that the program I'm in is reputable and will be accepted. My concern is completing the program in one state then moving and taking the NCLEX-PN in another state. It seems that I shouldn't have much of a problem.

I plan on calling the BON of the state I'm moving to in order to make sure I will be able to do that.