Faculty Link Newsletter: September 2022

 
AACN Faculty Link Newsletter

September 2022 Issue
 
 
 
 
View the Latest Job Vacancies in Academic Nursing
 
Career Center

Explore vacancies in nursing education, administration, practice, and research by visiting AACN's Career Center.
 
Recent Postings:
  • Assistant/Associate Professor - South Dakota
     
  • Assistant/Associate Professor in Women's Health - California
     
  • Assistant Professor, Tenure Track - Idaho
All of Us Research Program Workbench: New Tool for Nurse Researchers
 
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The All of Us Research Program aims to improve precision medicine research by building a national health information resource of one million or more U.S. participants that reflects the diversity of the country. AACN is partnering with this NIH-funded program to provide grants for nursing schools interested in advancing this initiative and accessing its Researcher Workbench, which now includes health data from more than 372,000 individuals. Registered researchers can access this data and use it to explore potential associations across a variety of factors, from genetics to geography to mental health. Visit the All of Us Research website to learn more about the Workbench, and visit the AACN website to apply for a mini-grant before September 26. 
There's Still Time to Register: September IPEC Faculty Development Institute
 
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The upcoming IPEC Faculty Development Institute, to be held September 28-30, 2022, in Washington, DC, is returning with a focus on building interprofessional education for collaborative practice (IPECP). Participating faculty will engage with national leaders in acquiring the building blocks for IPECP. Institute attendees will spend significant time planning, building, designing, assessing, and acting on their IPECP goals and projects, as well as communicating effectively about of team-based care. Learn more, and register yourself or your team today at the IPEC website. 
Join the Conversation on AACN Connect
 
AACN Connect is the place to have your voice heard in the academic nursing community.
 
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Here's what fellow members are talking about:
See more discussions and chime in on these important conversations via AACN Connect. 
Call for Pilot Schools: A Competency-Based Approach to Leadership Development and Resilience for Student Nurses
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AACN is pleased to announce a call for pilot schools for a new initiative funded by Johnson & Johnson aimed at preparing new graduates to meet the competency expectations outlined in the AACN Essentials. AACN is looking for schools interested in offering new learning experiences that build skills in the areas of resilience, self-care, well-being, and leadership. 
 
AACN is seeking 10 schools with entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs to implement and evaluate learning strategies and clinical experiences developed through this project in their curriculum. Selected schools will receive $10,000 in funding and technical assistance from AACN to implement the new learning and assessment strategies.  
 
Deadline for Application Letter: Friday, September 30, 2022.
Anticipated Award Date: Friday, October 14, 2022.
 
Shop and Give Back: Support the Foundation for Academic Nursing through AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile provides an easy way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. By shopping with AmazonSmile, you can help the Foundation for Academic Nursing continue to support the needs of AACN member schools, faculty, and students. For those who identify the American Association of Colleges of Nursing as their charity of choice, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to AACN's Foundation.

How to select AACN as your charitable organization: 

  • Log into your Amazon account on smile.Amazon.com
  • Select Account Settings > AmazonSmiles
  • Search for American Association of Colleges of Nursing and select AACN as your charity
  • Use smile.Amazon.com each time you shop online (purchases made from Amazon.com do not yield donations). 
Share How Your School is Implementing the AACN Essentials
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What approaches are you using to revise your curriculum to meet the new standards? Are there any tools or strategies that are particularly helpful in advancing this work? Are you collaborating with practice partners to implement new learning and assessment measures? To showcase your Essentials implementation efforts, we encourage faculty to submit a short summary or video of the work underway at your school of nursing.  Send emails to rrosseter@aacnnursing.org for publication in AACN's weekly News Watch newsletter.
 
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