A national nursing accrediting body has notified you that your Distance Education (DE) program is due for reaccreditation in 3 years.

For this assignment, create an essay that includes a timeline and plan addressing each of the prompts below.

A national nursing accrediting body has notified you that your Distance Education (DE) program is due for reaccreditation in 3 years. Develop a plan of action to evaluate and document student and program outcomes, and organize the documents obtained.

What steps must you take to be prepared for the accreditation team?

Based on the best evidence, choose an evaluation model and evaluation tools, develop a method to track outcome evidence, and a plan to delegate certain evaluation components.

Develop a timeline and action plan.

Discuss your timeline, action plan, and impact of accreditation with at least two other students.

What are the evaluation obstacles facing your DE nursing program and what plan do you have to overcome these obstacles?

Assignment Expectations

Length: 1500 – 1750 words; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment.

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).

File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”)

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