Below are common acronyms used in this SoN Faculty Handbook and in SNO meetings.
AACN: American Association of Colleges of Nursing
AFO: Aggregate Faculty Outcomes
CCNE: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
CAPP: Curriculum, Advising, and Program Planning
CIC: Curriculum and Instruction Committee
CCNL: Center for Continued Nursing Learning
DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice
EC: Executive Committee
ELMSN: Entry Level Masters of Science in Nursing
EPC: Educational Policy Committee (PLU campus)
eFAR: Electronic Faculty Activity Report
FERPA: Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
FNP: Family Nurse Practitioner
HPRB: Human Participants Review Board
NONPF: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
NWCCU: Northwest Commission on Colleges and University
PEC: Performance Evaluation Committee
PMHNP: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner