Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Granted Re-accreditation of Baccalaureate Degree Program
The Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel (PSON) was granted re-accreditation of its baccalaureate degree program by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a prestigious national accreditation agency that contributes to the improvement of the public's health by ensuring the quality and integrity of baccalaureate and other degree programs in nursing.
The CCNE’s board granted accreditation to the baccalaureate degree program in nursing at PSON for the maximum period of 10 years, extending accreditation through 2031. The baccalaureate program at PSON includes an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing for students with a baccalaureate in another specialty and a program that allows current nurses with associate’s degrees to earn a baccalaureate degree, called the RN to BSN program. The school’s baccalaureate program was first accredited by CCNE in 2015.
“Accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is a testament to our stellar faculty, staff, and students and will help ensure our upward trajectory well into the future,” said Todd Ambrosia, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, FNAP, Vice President for Nursing Academic Affairs, Mount Sinai Health System, and Dean of the Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. “We offer a progressive curricula, led by an exceptional faculty, which includes classroom teaching and clinical practice in both inpatient and community settings. Our two nursing programs are delivered in a blended format to provide our students with the flexibility they need to succeed, and as part of the Mount Sinai Health System they have the opportunity to participate in a range of extracurricular activities and training programs to enhance their educational experience.”
The CCNE accreditation standards that were met to achieve re-accreditation were based on program quality, mission and governance, institutional commitment and resources, curriculum and teaching-learning practices, program effectiveness, and assessment and achievement of program outcomes. The CCNE is an autonomous national accreditation agency, recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
About Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Founded in 1904, PSON is dedicated to the professional education of undergraduate nursing. Because PSON is part of Mount Sinai Beth Israel, students benefit from an impressive array of clinical experiences, in the hospital and in the community, throughout the Mount Sinai Health System. In addition to the RN to BSN, the school offers an Accelerated BSN. The school has designed a variety of innovative curriculums responding to the special needs of working adults interested in entering the nursing profession, nurses interested in advancing their careers, and foreign-educated physicians and nurses who wish to pursue nursing practice in the United States. In 2014, the National League of Nursing designated the school a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education in the category of Student Learning and Professional Development. Located in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, convenient to public transportation, the school currently enrolls close to 300 students. In addition to CCNE, the School is accredited in nursing for its baccalaureate program by the New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.
As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.
Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.