CTUpdate: NPWH accreditation program gets DOE nod

The Washington, DC-based National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health’s Program for Accreditation has been recommended for continued recognition by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

The program was established to help ensure that the education of women’s health nurse practitioners meets national standards of quality as well as to encourage the availability of qualified nurse practitioners. It was first recognized by the DOE in 1996 as an accrediting agency for women’s health nurse practitioner programs located within the United States and its territories.