Where are the Accredited Programs?

The BON is your friend:

http://www.dora.state.co.us/NURSING/education/RNprograms.pdf

ACC is the second one down.

David Carpenter, PA-C

Hi David,

True, this list shows the "approved" Colorado programs for nursing. It doesn't, however, indicate their accreditation status. I attend DSON and it is not accredited, although they are in the process and making good progress towards their national recognition. ACC is not accredited, as well as some other popular community colleges here in Colorado.....you just hear more about our school because it is a newer program and offers a BSN.

Just wanted to offer the clarification! Students at DSON always get this question about accreditation, so we have become really good at answering it!

This is from their website:

"Arapahoe Community College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools." I am not sure if they need to be NLN accredited as long as they are approved by the state (which means you can take the NCLEX) if I understand things.

David Carpenter, PA-C

Yep, as far as I understand it, if the school is approved by the BON students can take the NCLEX. I am not certain if ACC is nationally accredited or not, so sorry if my previous comment was misleading.

You can search for nationally accredited schools here:

http://nlnac.org/Forms/directory_search.htm

But most of the schools in Colorado are accredited by the Colorado State Board.. Im sure any advisor would be happy to tell you all of their accreditations.

When I enrolled at NAU, I was told by my counselor that the NLNAC was tentatively coming in this fall to evaluate them for accreditation, and they felt optimistic that they were going to get it. According to her, there are currently only two other nursing schools in Colorado that are NLNAC-accredited.

I don't know how true any of this is, just what I was told, because I specifically asked about accreditation.

When I enrolled at NAU, I was told by my counselor that the NLNAC was tentatively coming in this fall to evaluate them for accreditation, and they felt optimistic that they were going to get it. According to her, there are currently only two other nursing schools in Colorado that are NLNAC-accredited.

I don't know how true any of this is, just what I was told, because I specifically asked about accreditation.

The NLN is one of two major accrediting bodies: the other is AACN, which exclusively accredits schools with Bachelor's programs and higher. Either accreditation works for those employers requiring national accreditation status.

On the BON website it will tell you about the accrediation standing by the *** listed next to the schools. You have to look all the way down the page. Hope this helps. Thanks

From what I understand Front Range Community College, Larimer Campus has started the accreditation process with NLNAC with hopes of accreditation in Spring 2010 (I think). They are confident they won't have any issues with becoming accredited.