CCNE Visit

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans School of Nursing School (LSUHSC-NO SON) is currently preparing for re-accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Since the last accreditation in 1999 there have been many changes at the School, a few of the most noticeable include: the SON re-located to Baton Rouge and returned to New Orleans; there is a new Dean and Associate Deans; there are many new faculty; the undergraduate curriculum has been revised; the CARE and RN to Master’s tract were approved; there are new specialty tracts in the Master’s Program; and the SON has a new strategic plan and new organizational chart. It is a challenge to capture all that we have accomplished in the Self-Study Report. There are also changes at CCNE and after a comprehensive review, CCNE has revised the Standards for Accreditation of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs.

The CCNE site visit is scheduled for March 2 – March 4, 2009. The revised accreditation standards are available at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Accreditation/pdf/standards.pdf. Comments may be submitted to CCNE in writing concerning an educational program’s qualifications for accreditation status: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036.