BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

JO ANN M. BAKER, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP Instructional Director, Nursing Delaware Technical Community College Dover, Delaware

AMY M. HALL, PHD, RN, CNE Dean, School of Nursing Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Baton Rouge, Louisiana

CATHERINE MCJANNET, MN, RN, CEN Professor Southwestern College San Diego, California

LINDA MILES, EDD, RN Chair, School of Nursing Daytona State College Daytona Beach, Florida

DEBBIE J. RAHN EDD, MSN. RN FABC Director Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Reading, Pennsylvania

GWENDOLYN TAYLOR, EDD, MSN. RN Dean of Allied Health and Nursing Augusta Technical College Augusta, Georgia

SHELLYE A. VARDAMAN, PHD, RN-BC, CNE Associate Professor, School of Nursing Troy University Troy, Alabama

VIVIAN M. YATES, PHD, RN, CNS Dean of Nursing Cuyahoga Community College Cleveland, Ohio

KATHLEEN ZAJIC, EDD, MSN, RN Associate Dean of Health Professions College of Saint Mary Omaha, Nebraska

NURSING SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES

JESSICA ESTES, DNP, APRN, NP Chief Executive Officer Estes Behavioral Health, LLC Lewisport, Kentucky

LENETRA JEFFERSON, PHD, RN, CNE, LMT Registered Nurse Educator JeffCare, Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority Metairia, Louisiana

RAQUEL PASARON, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC ARNP/Pediatric Surgery Liaison Nicklaus Children's Hospital Miaml, Florida

PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES

STEVE ECKMAN, DMIN President York College York, Nebraska

ANDREW WALKER FULP Dean, Educational Technology Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, Georgia

This letter is formal notification of the action taken by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) Board of Commissioners. The Commissioners thoroughly reviewed the substantive change report for the baccalaureate nursing program at Kentucky State University related to the implementation of a pre-licensure program option, which will occur Fall 2018. Based on this review, and considering the program's outcomes and next accreditation site visit date, the ACEN Board of Commissioners approved the substantive change, which is effective the date of this letter. Additionally, the Commissioners authorized a focused visit, to be combined with the program's Spring 2019 site visit, for review of compliance with select Accreditation Standards.

In accordance with ACEN Policy #19 Focused Visits, the program is required to submit a Focused Visit Report to the ACEN in preparation for the focused visit; the report will be due six (6) weeks prior to the visit. Please refer to Policy #19 and the Guidelines for the Preparation of the Focused Visit Report available in the Resources section of our website under Resources for Nursing Programs.

On behalf of the ACEN Board of Commissioners, we thank you and your colleagues for your commitment to quality nursing education. If you have questions about this action or about ACEN policies and procedures, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Marsal Stoll, EdD, MSN Chief Executive Officer

JOHN H. RUSSELL, PhD St. Augustine, Florida

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