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 programs
Home [www. acenursing. org] ACEN Academy Explore courses, build confidence, and support excellence in nursing education ACEN Academy is ACEN’s centralized e-learning platform designed to promote accreditation readiness, professional practice, and continuous improvement for nursing education programs
ACEN Accreditation Manual Section 3: Standards and Criteria The 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
ACEN Resource Center The ACEN Resource Center provides tools and resources to support nursing education and accreditation processes
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 Nursing education units can also bring multiple programs (e g , master’s
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
Become Accredited Become Accredited The Journey to ACEN Accreditation ACEN accreditation is founded on the belief that specialized accreditation contributes to the centrality of nursing for the public good and provides for the maintenance and enhancement of educational quality through continuous self-assessment, planning, and improvement
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