Latest AACN Announcements & Initiatives for Members
AACN Partners with Leading Background Check Provider to Offer Discounted Solutions to Schools of Nursing
AACN is pleased to announce the selection of a new corporate partner to provide discounted background checks and related services to member schools. Certiphi Screening®, the nation’s leading provider of screening solutions for health profession students, was selected as AACN’s preferred vendor for criminal background checks, drug screenings, and record tracking services, which can be tailored to meet individual program needs.
| Press Release
Rounds with Leadership: Following Nursing Workforce Trends: Part I
As nurse educators, we play a pivotal role in sustaining the healthcare workforce and ensuring access to care for all Americans. The nation’s schools of nursing are responsible for maintaining multiple pathways into the profession and preparing new graduates to practice across settings. Understanding how the professional landscape is evolving helps to inform our decision-making around adapting programs to best meet local and national needs.
| Rounds with Leadership
Dr. Eileen Fry-Bowers Elected to AACN Board of Directors
AACN is pleased to announce that Eileen Fry-Bowers, PhD, JD, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN, dean and professor at the University of San Francisco, has been elected to the AACN Board of Directors.
| Membership Announcements
Inside Syllabus: AACN Celebrates National Nurses' Month
Take a look inside this special Nurses Month edition of the Syllabus newsletter, featuring AACN member schools and vendor partners in the Nurses Month Supplement, along with an interview with Charla Long, President and Chief Executive Officer of Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN).
| Education, Essentials, Newsletter, Syllabus
Rounds with Leadership: Alleviating the Nursing Shortage: Connecting Qualified Applicants to Open Seats
Efforts to address the U.S. nursing shortage are accelerating with a flurry of recent news reports focused on state-led initiatives to meet workforce demands.
| Education, Enrollment, Rounds with Leadership
National Nursing Organizations Call for Investments in Health, Research, and the Workforce
On behalf of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National League for Nursing, and the Oncology Nursing Society, we are deeply disturbed by the recent news reported by the Washington Post and other outlets that the Trump Administration is proposing devastating budget cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) along with further restructuring of the agencies within HHS.
| Education, Membership Announcements, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data
American Academy of Nursing and AACN Call for Investing in Nurse Scientists and Researchers Amid Reorganization of the Federal Research Infrastructure
The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) and AACN implore agency leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to implore agency leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) to prioritize sustainability of the vital federal research infrastructure. We believe it is essential that community partners, scientists, and stakeholders are consulted before new approaches are implemented.
| Membership Announcements, Policy & Advocacy
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