SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Shepherd University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program has been fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for five years, which is the maximum amount of time it can receive the accreditation.
A letter from the CCNE board to Dr. Sharon Mailey, chair of the Department of Nursing Education, acknowledges that Shepherd met all four accreditation standards with no areas of concern or follow-up required. The standards are: mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices, and assessment and achievement of program outcomes.
“We are thrilled to have received full accreditation for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program,” Mailey said. “National accreditation from CCNE is an honor and a responsibility to demonstrate to the community, our patients and families, and our institutional community partners a commitment to a quality professional education.”
The first class of D.N.P. students enrolled in 2015, and this fall will mark the first time all three years of the program will run concurrently. The first D.N.P. class will graduate in August 2018.