{"id":4767,"date":"2023-06-05T21:14:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/?page_id=4767"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T18:14:31","slug":"palomar-college-nursing-education-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/palomar-college-nursing-education-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Palomar College\u2019s Registered Nursing (RN) Program is approved&nbsp;by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). It&nbsp;is also accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges&nbsp;of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. (WASC-Jr)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BRN has the authority to approve registered nursing programs in California. The purpose of approval is to ensure the program&#8217;s compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.&nbsp; Pre-licensure registered nursing programs in California must be approved by the BRN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ACEN supports the interests of nursing education, nursing practice, and the public by the functions of accreditation. Accreditation is a voluntary, self-regulatory process by which nongovernmental associations recognize educational institutions or programs that have been found to meet or exceed standards and criteria for educational quality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Board Approval&nbsp;Contact Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board of Registered Nursing<br>P.O. Box 944210<br>Sacramento, CA 94244-210<br>(916) 322-3350<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rn.ca.gov\/\">http:\/\/www.rn.ca.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing<\/strong><br>3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850<br>Atlanta, GA 30326<br>(404) 975-5000<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acenursing.org\/\">http:\/\/www.acenursing.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-22\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-22\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">The Associate degree in nursing program at Palomar College located in San Marcos, California is accredited by the: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). <br \/>\n<br \/>\n3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326 <br \/>\n(404) 975-5000 <br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the Associate degree in nursing program is continuing accreditation. <br \/>\n<br \/>\nView the public information disclosed by the ACEN regarding this program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acenursing.org\/search-programs\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the ACEN website. <\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges<\/strong><br>10 Commercial Boulevard, Suite 204<br>Novato, CA 94949<br>(415) 506-0234<br><a href=\"https:\/\/accjc.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/accjc.org\/\">https:\/\/accjc.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Palomar College Nursing Students Achievement Outcome<\/h2>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-18-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-18\">Pass Rate Data Table<\/h2>\n<span id=\"tablepress-18-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-18\"><\/span>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-18\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-18\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-18-name\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-18-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Year<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">First-Time Examination Pass Rate \/ Number Taken<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2017-2018<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">96% \/ 67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2018-2019<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">93% \/ 69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2019-2020<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">90% \/ 72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2020-2021<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">92% \/ 39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2021-2022<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">86% \/ 86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2022-2023<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">96% \/ 75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2023-2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">98% \/ 63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2024-2025<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">94% \/ 83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-19-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-19\">Student Completion of the Nursing Program Data Table<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-19\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-19\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-19-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Graduating Cohort<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Total Number of Students Starting<\/th><th colspan=\"2\" class=\"column-3\">On Time Completion<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Completed within 6 Semesters<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">Total % Finished on time plus students who finished in greater than 4 semesters<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td 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It&nbsp;is also accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges&nbsp;of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. (WASC-Jr) The BRN has the authority to approve registered nursing&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/palomar-college-nursing-education-accreditation\/\">Continue Reading<span> Accreditation Information<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11323,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4767","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4767"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5030,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4767\/revisions\/5030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/nursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}