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March 24-25, 2023
Washington, DC
March 25-27, 2023
March 28 at 1:00 pm (ET)
April 10-12, 2023
Nashville, TN
April 13 at 2:00 pm (ET)
April 21, 2023
Indianapolis, IN
April 25 at 2:00 pm (ET)
April 26-28, 2023
Captiva, FL
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San Antonio, TX
News, Newsletter— March 15, 2023
In the March-April 2023 Journal of Professional Nursing , Dr. Karen Cotler from the University of Illinois Chicago and colleagues have written a gue...
Advocacy, Policy— March 15, 2023
Inside this edition of Washington Weekly: President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Released NIH Common Rule IRB Exceptions Update Released ...
Press Release— March 15, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – March 14, 2023 - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to see recommended increases to programs that sup...
Faculty News, Newsletter— March 13, 2023
AACN’s Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing (ELAN) Program offers professional enrichment at the intersection of mentorship, strategy, and creativit...
Student News— March 2, 2023
Focusing on Wellness as a Graduate Nursing Student For the past eight years, I have done a tremendous amount of work in mental health and wellne...
Interview with Dr. Susan Bakewell-Sachs from Oregon Health & Sciences University at the 2017 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference.
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