Nursing World
Information online at American Nurses Association's site, Nursing World
- ANA Response to Pew Commission Report.
Available www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/JournalTopics/NursingFuturesandRegulationConference.aspx
Information related to The Academy of Nursing's Conference held May 1997. Several policy options for discussion involve accreditation.
- ANA Response to Pew Commission Report.
Available www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/HealthcareandPolicyIssues/ANAPositionStatements/practice/ResponsetoPewCommissionReport.aspx
Text of the American Nurses Association's official response to the Pew Taskforce Report on Healthcare Workforce regulation.
Professional Organizations for Accreditation
These sites are generated by nursing and non-nursing organizations.
- National League for Nursing (NLN)
Available www.nln.org
National League for Nursing (NLN) is an organization of over 2000 agencies and 10,000 individual members whose purpose is to promote the health of communities through nursing. "Its current stated mission is to improve education and health outcomes by linking communities and information through collaborating, connecting, creating, serving, and learning." The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), is the current accrediting body for nursing education in the U.S.
- National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
Available www.accrediting-comm-nlnac.org/
Site by NLN that gives overview of NLNAC.
- The Council for Higher Education Accreditation's (CHEA) Home Page.
Available at http://chea.org
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is a non-profit organization of colleges/universities that promotes voluntary self-regulation through accreditation.
- Welcome to American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Available at www.aacn.nche.edu
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an organization whose purpose is to represent baccalaureate- and higher-degree nursing education programs in the U.S.
Government sources on accreditation
Federal resources
- U.S. Department of Education
Available www.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education (DOE) web site.
- Department of Education: Office of the Under Secretary
Available www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/
Government agency that aids in achieving the National Education Goals.
Articles
Scholarly articles from wide range of sources.
- Accreditation at a Crossroads
Available http://chea.org/Perspective/crossroads.html
Glidden, R. Accreditation at a Crossroads. Excerpted from Educational Record , Fall 1996. Published by American Council on Education (Special Annual Meeting Issue).
