{"id":13097,"date":"2022-10-21T15:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T19:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=13097"},"modified":"2022-10-25T10:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:10:32","slug":"elizabethtown-college-rn-to-bsn-program-receives-national-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/10\/21\/elizabethtown-college-rn-to-bsn-program-receives-national-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College RN to BSN Program Receives National Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate and Professional Studies<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/bachelors\/rn-to-bsn.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> RN to BSN Program <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">received national accreditation from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacnnursing.org\/CCNE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Launched in the fall of 2020 to address a nationwide nursing shortage, Etown\u2019s RN to BSN Program is 100 percent online and offers accelerated five-week classes with flexible <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">step-in, and step-out options to meet the needs of practicing nurses.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWe are proud that Elizabethtown College is able to offer a flexible nursing program amidst a high national need for qualified nurses,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider said. \u201cThis next step in earning national accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Educate is an important one which demonstrates the exceptional quality of our program and of our faculty.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13098\" src=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB-1024x800.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB-1080x843.png 1080w, https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/files\/2022\/10\/CCNE-Seal-RGB.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacnnursing.org\/CCNE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CCNE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an autonomous accrediting agency that contributes to the improvement of the public\u2019s health. CCNE ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate, graduate, and residency programs in nursing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b\u200bNationally, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is becoming the standard entry-level degree for registered nurses. Etown\u2019s program, designed for licensed registered nurses with an associate degree or nursing diploma (ADN), advances the skills and knowledge of professionals within the high-demand nursing field through interactive and engaging courses taught by highly-trained professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Key differentiators for Etown\u2019s RN to BSN Program include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) creates a pathway for nontraditional students to accelerate their academic progress by earning credits for previous work and life experience.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Dedicated faculty and advisors who take a student-focused approach<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>An education that aligns with Etown\u2019s Educate for Service mission.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAt Elizabethtown College, we believe in the power of a transformational education,&#8221; Elizabethtown College RN to BSN Director of Nursing Lisa Homa said. &#8220;Our Nursing program has incredible faculty that partner with our learners to inspire and assist in reaching their highest potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The spring application deadline is on Jan. 6, 2023, with classes beginning on Jan. 16, 2023. Etown will hold several upcoming<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/success\/my-future.aspx\">virtual information sessions<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> where participants can speak with admissions counselors to discover more about the program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate and Professional Studies RN to BSN Program received national accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Launched in the fall of 2020 to address a nationwide nursing shortage, Etown\u2019s RN to BSN Program is 100 percent online and offers accelerated five-week classes with flexible step-in, and step-out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":13099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[197,1350,1326,1325,1419],"class_list":["post-13097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-nursing","tag-rn-to-bsn","tag-sgps","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13097"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13127,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13097\/revisions\/13127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}