CCNE Standards & Professional Nursing Guidelines

• Standards for Accreditation of Baccalaureate and Graduate Degree Nursing Programs (Amended April 2009)
  To be used for baccalaureate and graduate nursing program on-site evaluations occurring after January 1, 2010.

• The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AACN, 2008)
  

• Master's Essentials
  

  The Essentials of Master's Education for Advanced Practice Nursing (AACN, 1996)
  
                           OR
  
  The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing (AACN, 2011)*  
  
  *At its April 2011 meeting, the CCNE Board of Commissioners determined that master’s level programs preferring to demonstrate incorporation of The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing (AACN, 2011) instead of The Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Practice Nursing (AACN, 1996), have the option of doing so while the accreditation standards are being considered for revision during 2011-2012.  Therefore, during the standards revision process, master’s programs may select which version of the Master’s Essentials document to incorporate into the curriculum.

• The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (AACN, 2006)
  

• Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs
  (National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education, 2008)

• NTF Criteria Worksheet
  Please not that this document contains macros.
  

• Crosswalk Table - 2009 Standards & 2008 NTF Criteria for Evaluation of NP Programs

• Crosswalk Table - 2009 Standards & 2003 CCNE Standards