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- ACEN Accreditation
ACEN Accreditation About ACEN Accreditation The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) supports the interests of nursing education, nursing practice, and the public by providing specialized accreditation for all levels of nursing education and transition-to-practice programs
- Standards and Criteria
ACEN Standards and CriteriaThe ACEN Standards are agreed-upon expectations to measure educational quality, while the Criteria are statements identifying the elements that need to be examined to evaluate the Standards Click below to view the ACEN Standards and Criteria by accreditation type
- Why ACEN Accreditation - acenursing. org
ACEN accreditation is a peer-review process intended to enhance quality improvement in nursing education Accreditation: Aids in student recruitment Provides students useful information for career and education decision-making Enables students’ eligibility for funding support from federal and state agencies, and foundations
- Candidacy
Candidacy About Candidacy Candidacy is the first step toward ACEN initial accreditation and is essentially the same for domestic and international programs Programs can pursue the Candidacy process at any time A program does not need to have graduates in order to achieve initial accreditation with the ACEN
- FAQs: ACEN and Accreditation - acenursing. org
ACEN accreditation requires that a nursing program continually assesses and make improvements in the educational quality of the nursing program based on data This is done by evaluating specific Standards and Criteria, which include administrative capacity and resources, faculty, students, curriculum, and outcomes
- Resources - acenursing. org
Resources for AccreditationACEN Portals The ACEN Portal is a service desk for submissions related to candidacy, site visit requests, substantive change, and more You can also use the portals to submit inquiries related to new or ongoing submissions
- Home [www. acenursing. org]
ACEN Regional workshops are educational offerings on specific topics related to maintaining ACEN Accreditation Each workshop targets specific states or countries, allowing for regionally-focused discussions and attendance
- Eligibility
Eligibility Eligibility is a process that affirms that a nursing program and its governing organization meet all ACEN requirements to be granted initial accreditation The eligibility process also provides the ACEN with contact information and an overview of the size, scope, and delivery methods of the program or programs applying, allowing the ACEN to work with programs as they pursue ACEN
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