Rounds with Leadership: Developing Nurse Well-Being and Leadership Moving to implement AACN’s 2021 Essentials presents an ideal opportunity for faculty to adapt nursing curriculum to ensure graduates are prepared for contemporary practice. As leaders throughout the healthcare system, today’s nurses are expected to help foster practice environments... Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | Grant Initiatives, Rounds with Leadership, Well-being
Rounds with Leadership: Moving Ahead with Essentials Implementation Three years ago, AACN members made a bold decision to transform the future of nursing education and practice. With the endorsement of The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education, academic nursing leaders took the first step toward implementing a new model and framework... Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Essentials, Rounds with Leadership
Explore AACN's Data Products and Services AACN’s Research and Data Center is the nation’s leading resource for data on baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and trends in academic nursing. Annually, it collects and disseminates crucial information to the nursing education community. This data includes details on... Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | Research & Data
Inside Syllabus - AACN Celebrates National Nurses' Month Take a look inside this special Nurses' Month edition of the Syllabus Newsletter. Monday, May 6, 2024 | Newsletter, Syllabus
Rounds with Leadership: A Time to Celebrate May is the month we celebrate nurses. Though National Nurses Week is officially May 6-12, in recent years we have seen a shift to a month-long recognition of nurses and the contributions they make to quality care. As the nation’s largest group of healthcare professionals, nurses spend the... Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Rounds with Leadership
AACN Celebrates National Nurses Month May is National Nurses Month, a time to honor and celebrate the incredible work of nurses. In the academic nursing arena, AACN applauds our member schools on their transformative efforts to advance nursing education, research, and practice. This month, we bring you an array of exciting... Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Grant Initiatives, Foundation, Funding Opportunities, Membership Announcements
AACN Reaffirms Support for Full Implementation of The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education AACN is committed to achieving the preferred future for nursing education outlined in the 2021 Essentials and to communicating the fundamental "WHY" behind the importance of fully embracing this call for transformation. This framework for nursing education was developed in... Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | Education, Essentials, Membership Announcements
Explore AACN's Data Products and Services AACN’s Research and Data Center is the nation’s leading resource for data on baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and trends in academic nursing. Annually, it collects and...
New AACN Data Points to Enrollment Challenges Facing U.S. Schools of Nursing New data released today by AACN show that sustaining student enrollment in baccalaureate and graduate programs continues to be a challenge at U.S. schools of nursing. Though enrollment in...
Data Spotlight: A Closer Look at PhD in Nursing Program Enrollment and Graduations In 2023, AACN reported a 4.1% decline in enrollment and a 4.8% decrease in graduation rates for research-focused doctoral nursing programs from 2021 to 2022, with the North Atlantic region...
Data Spotlight: Changes in Master’s Program Enrollments and Graduations In May 2023, AACN aacnounced a second consecutive year of decline at 9.45% on average, with the western region experiencing the most significant drop at 12.49%. Historically Black Colleges...
Data Spotlight: Declines in RN-to-BSN Program Enrollments For the fourth year in a row, enrollment in RN to Baccalaureate (RN-to-BSN) program have decreased. The 2022-2023 school year saw a 16.9% decline (19,871 students) in RN-BSN programs in schools...
Rounds with Leadership: A Closer Look at the AACN Data Earlier this month, AACN released findings from our Fall 2022 annual survey, which show declining student enrollment across nursing program levels. AACN staff are working to discern the causes of...