My Online Nursing Degree Related Links Directory

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1. Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Scope of recognition: the accreditation throughout the United States of first-professional master's degree and professional master's level certificate and diploma programs in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, as well as freestanding institutions and colleges of acupuncture or Oriental medicine that offer such programs.

2. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
The accreditation and preaccreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy leading to the degrees of Baccalaureate in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy.

3. Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Scope of recognition: the accreditation of private, postsecondary institutions in the United States offering predominantly allied health education programs and the programmatic accreditation of medical assistant, medical laboratory technician and surgical technology programs, leading to a certificate, diploma, or the Associate of Applied Science and Associate of Occupational Science degrees.

4. Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology
The accreditation of private, postsecondary, non-degree-granting institutions and degree-granting institutions in the United States, including those granting associate and baccalaureate degrees, that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational, trade and technical careers, and including institutions that offer programs via distance education.

5. Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training
Scope of recognition: the accreditation of institutions of higher education throughout the United States that offer non-collegiate continuing education programs and those that offer occupational associate degree programs and those that offer such programs via distance education.

6. American College of Nurse-Midwives, Division of Accreditation
The accreditation and preaccreditation of basic certificate and basic graduate nurse-midwifery education programs for registered nurses, the pre-accreditation and accreditation of pre-certification nurse-midwifery education programs and the accreditation and preaccreditation of direct-entry midwifery programs for the non-nurse.

7. American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation
Scope of recognition: the accreditation of predoctoral dental education programs (leading to the D.D.S or D.M.D degree); advanced dental education programs and allied dental education programs that are fully operational or have attained "accreditation eligible" status, and for its accreditation of programs offered via distance education.

8. American Dietetic Association, Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education
Scope of recognition: the accreditation within the United States of Didactic and Coordinated Programs in Dietetics at both the undergraduate and graduate level, postbaccalaureate Dietetic Internships, and Dietetic Technician Programs at the associate degree level and for its accreditation of such programs offered via distance education.

9. American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education
The accreditation of entry-level professional occupational therapy educational programs offering the Baccalaureate Degree, Post-baccalaureate Certificate, Professional Master's Degree, Combined Baccalaureate/ Master's degree, and Doctoral Degree for the accreditation of occupational therapy assistant programs offering the Associate Degree or a Certificate; and for its accreditation of these programs offered via distance education.

10. American Optometric Association, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
The accreditation in the United States of professional optometric degree programs, optometric technician (associate degree) programs, and optometric residency programs.

11. American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
Tthe accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidate for Accreditation") in the United States of physical therapist education programs leading to the first professional degree at the master's or doctoral level and physical therapist assistant education programs at the associate degree level and for its accreditation of such programs offered via distance education.

12. Commission on Acceditation of Healthcare Management Education
Scope of recognition: the accreditation throughout the United States of graduate programs in health services administration.

13. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
The accreditation of nursing education programs in the United States, at the baccalaureate and graduate degree levels.

14. Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation
Scope of recognition: the accreditation of institutions in the United States, that award postsecondary certificates, postsecondary diplomas, and academic Associate degrees, in the practice of massage therapy and bodywork

15. Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
The accreditation of institutions and programs of nurse anesthesia within the United States at the post-master's certificate, master's, or doctoral degree levels.

16. Council on Education for Public Health
The accreditation and preaccreditation ("Preaccreditation status") within the United States of graduate schools of public health, graduate programs in community health education outside schools of public health, and graduate programs in community health/preventive medicine outside schools of public health.

17. Council on Naturopathic Medical Education
The accreditation and pre-accreditation throughout the United States of graduate-level, four-year naturopathic medical education programs leading to the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (N.M.D.) or Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.)

18. Council on Occupational Education
The accreditation and preaccreditation ("Candidacy status") throughout the United States of non-degree granting postsecondary occupational/vocational institutions and those postsecondary occupational/vocational education institutions that have state authorization to grant the applied associate degree in specific vocational/occupational fields.

19. Distance Education and Training Council, Accrediting Commission
Scope of recognition: the accreditation of postsecondary institutions in the United States that offer degree programs primarily by the distance education method up through the first professional degree level, and are specifically certified by the agency as accredited for Title IV purposes; and the accreditation of postsecondary institutions in the United States not participating in Title IV that offer programs primarily by the distance education method up through the first professional degree level.

20. Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
The accreditation of educational programs for radiographers and radiation therapists.

21. Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology
The accreditation of higher education programs for the nuclear medicine technologist.

22. Midwifery Education Accreditation Council
The accreditation throughout the United States of direct-entry midwifery educational institutions and programs conferring degrees and certificates, including the accreditation of such programs offered via distance education.

23. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, Council on Accreditation
The accreditation of women's health nurse practitioner programs located within the United States and its territories.

24. National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission
The accreditation in the United States of programs in practical nursing, and diploma, associate, baccalaureate and higher degree nurse education programs.

25. The Council on Chiropractic Education, Commission on Accreditation
Scope of recognition: the accreditation of programs leading to the Doctor of Chiropractic degree and single-purpose institutions offering the Doctor of Chiropractic program.

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