It is also crucial that nursing students be aware of fruadulent scheme that infiltrates the nursing education. Two types of accreditiations that aids in decreasing the risks of a fraudulent education include region and national. The goal of the region accreditation is guarantee that universities and colleges provide quality educational programs to both students and the public (Murray, Philipsen, Pope, Hart, Wood, Wood, Watties-Daniels (2012). The regional accreditation also offers degree-granting authority and recognizes degrees from other colleges and universities (Murray et. al., 2012). For example, the competence to tranfer credits from these programs to other colleges and universities indicates that the institution meets higher education
