St. Peters, MO

Nursing

 

The Associate of Applied Science Nursing program at Sanford-Brown College, St. Peters (SBC) provides the Licensed Practical Nurse with learning experiences that build upon prior knowledge and skills to prepare graduates to plan, deliver, and manage patient care in a variety of settings. Students have the opportunity to learn to effectively function as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team in a complex health care delivery system. At the completion of the program, graduates who have diligently attended class and their externship, studied, practiced their skills and passed the nursing licensing examination should have the necessary skills to seek entry-level employment as registered nurses.

ACCREDITATION/CERTIFICATION INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
Accreditation is a voluntary process which may be undertaken by schools to demonstrate compliance with specific standards designed to indicate a level of education quality. SBC is institutionally accredited (accredited in total) by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), a national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (DOE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). This indicates that SBC substantially meets or exceeds the stated criteria of education quality established by ACICS, and approved by the DOE and CHEA. This recognition of institutional accreditation by ACICS entitles SBC to offer Title IV Financial Assistance to students who qualify.

An additional form of accreditation that a school may undertake to obtain is a specific, individual accreditation of certain programs (programmatic accreditation). Institutional accreditation is not the same as or a substitution for programmatic accreditation. Although programmatic accreditation is not required for employment in many cases, the existence of programmatic accreditation is a further indication that a program meets the standards of the profession, and may therefore indirectly enhance employment opportunities. Also, in some cases, programmatic accreditation will allow the graduates of the accredited program to sit for some credentialing exams immediately upon graduation without any requirement of work experience. The Associate of Applied Science Nursing program is not programmatically accredited.

Sanford-Brown College - St. Peters