title: Program length: does extended length equal quality?
abstract: This column provides information on accreditation for nursing programs of all types. Readers may submit questions to the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. General questions of interest to a wide audience will be addressed in this column, whereas more specific questions or those requiring confidentiality will be answered directly.
authors.affiliation: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, USA. sjtanner@nlnac.org
authors.forename: Sharon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Tanner
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States