Notification of Commission Actions
February 2023

The following publicly available information is provided by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) concerning the accreditation status of the following transition-to-practice programs reviewed by the ACEN Board of Commissioners during its meeting in February 2023. Commission staff will not speculate on what decision might be made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners the next time a transition-to-practice program is reviewed. For additional information regarding ACEN transition-to-practice accreditation process, access the Accreditation Manual at https://www.acenursing.org/ttp-accreditation-manual/.

Access the ACEN 2019 Transition-to-Practice Standards and Criteria: http://www.acenursing.com/ttp/Accreditation-Manual/TTP-Accreditation-Standards-and-Criteria.pdf

Initial and Continuing Accreditation Actions

Initial Accreditation

The Commission granted initial accreditation to the following transition-to-practice programs:

St. Luke’s Health System (STAR New Graduate Nurse Residency) Boise, ID

Initial Accreditation with Contingency

The Commission granted initial accreditation with contingency to the following transition-to-practice programs:

None

Deny Initial Accreditation

The Commission denied initial accreditation to the following transition-to-practice programs:

None

Continuing Accreditation

The Commission granted continuing accreditation to the following transition-to-practice programs:

None

Continuing Accreditation with Contingency

The Commission granted continuing accreditation with contingency to the following transition-to-practice programs:

None

Deny Continuing Accreditation

The Commission denied continuing accreditation to the following transition-to-practice programs:

None

Definitions

Accreditation: A voluntary, peer-review, self-regulatory process by which non-governmental associations recognize educational institutions or transition-to-practice programs that have been found to meet or exceed standards and criteria for quality.

Accreditation, Contingent: An accreditation status in which the transition-to-practice program meets most, but not all, of the established standards and criteria for quality.