Comparison of accreditation criteria. CBHDP, NLN, and COA accreditation criteria.
When a program faces accreditation from two organizations, what happens? Double jeopardy? Unnecessary repetition? Frels and Horton look at a case in point--nurse anesthesia programs. In many cases these programs are accredited by both NLN and COA. The potential problems are accentuated in this case since not all nurse anesthetist programs are located in schools of nursing.
Frels
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L
Horton
B
B
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