New status effective for three years as college works toward full accreditation
The National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) has granted pre-accreditation status to the online Doctor of Nursing Education (DNE) degree program at The Ohio State University College of Nursing.
The DNE program at Ohio State, which launched its first application in August 2022, is the first of its kind in the United States.
Pre-accreditation status is effective for three years and was granted, according to a confirmation letter from NLN CNEA, “based upon evidence supporting a reasonable conclusion that the program will be able to demonstrate full compliance with the standards [of accreditation] within the allotted three-year pre-accreditation time frame.”
“This is a tremendous step forward for a pioneering, evidence-based program that comes at a critical time in the nursing profession,” said Tara Spalla King, PhD, RN and Tara O’Brien, PhD, RN, CNE, who direct the DNE program. “We must be able to matriculate and doctorally prepare more nurse educators so that we can expand the capacity of nursing degree programs to accept more prospective nurses and meet the current and future needs of healthcare.”
Ohio State’s DNE program features two specializations: Academic Nursing Education and Nursing Professional Development. The first cohort of students started in January 2023, with the second cohort starting its educational journey this coming August.
