Committee Charge:

• Finalizing the plan for the Implementation Roadmap of the 2021 Essentials
• Providing broad-based oversight for the implementation process
• Making ongoing recommendations for actions and activities related to the Roadmap,
• Overseeing the work and progress of the Essentials Ad Hoc Work Groups
• Monitoring for issues that impact significant sections of AACN membership or present major challenges for the implementation process
• Ongoing evaluation of the implementation processes and phases

	Julie Zerwic, PhD, Co-Chair University of Iowa Dean
	Dale Beatty, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Stanford Health Care Chief Nurse Executive
	Bimbola Akintade, PhD, First Term East Carolina University Dean
	Jackie Dunbar-Jacob, PhD University of Pittsburgh Dean Emerita
	Kristine L’Ecuyer, PhD, First Term Saint Louis University Associate Dean
	Kathryn Wirtz Rugen, PhD, First Term Veterans Health Administration Deputy Director - Clinical Practice
	Susan Ruppert, PhD, First Term University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston Associate Dean and Chair of Graduate Studies
	Jean Giddens, PhD, Board Liaison University of Kansas Dean
	Susan Corbridge, PhD, Staff Liaison Chief Essentials Program Officer scorbridge@aacnnursing.org
	Joan Stanley, PhD, Staff Liaison Chief Academic Officer jstanley@aacnnursing.org

Working Group Charge:

The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education provides a framework for preparing nurses using a competency-based approach to education.  Methods to best measure competency in nursing education need further exploration and a design that will challenge students and prepare them for practice. A working group comprised of multidisciplinary competency-based education (CBE) assessment experts has been created to guide this work. The working group will help to identify the role AACN should take in addressing competency assessment as well as possible strategies for competency assessment. The group understands that while educational approaches may vary, outcomes should not. Additionally, the working group will provide guidance regarding AACN’s role in faculty development in the area of assessment and evaluation.

	Bimbola F. Akintade, PhD, Chair East Carolina University Dean
	Jonathan Amiel, MD Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Senior Associate Dean for Innovation in Health Professions Education
	David Cella, PhD Northwestern University Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences
	Phil Dickison, PhD National Council of State Boards of Nursing Chief Operations & Examinations Officer
	Carol Fowler Durham, EdD  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor and Director, Education-Innovation-Simulation Learning Environment
	Robert Englander, MD University of Minnesota Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
	Kara Hedvig Evans, MSN Atrium Health Director of Nursing Professional Development
	Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD MGH Institute of Health Professions Associate Professor
	Cynthia O'Neal, PhD University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies
	Margaret Rauschenberger, MSN Alverno College Dean Emerita
	Janelle Sokolowich, PhD Chamberlain University  Associate Provost, Social Mission
	Susan Corbridge, PhD, Staff Liaison Chief Essentials Program Officer scorbridge@aacnnursing.org

Working Group Charge:

With the adoption of the new AACN Essentials in April 2021, schools of nursing are expected to transition to competency-based education (CBE) and prepare graduates of professional nursing programs, entry-level and advanced level, with delineated core competencies. This transition, although expected to occur over three or more years, is significant and will require multiple changes in nursing programs, curricula, and learning/assessment strategies. Changes in higher education and health profession education are also occurring at a rapid pace, including the use and applicability of technology.

Based on a review of the potential applications, uses, benefits, and barriers/challenges for the use of technology to support the implementation of the new Essentials, the Working Group will:

• Develop recommendations regarding the use of technology within academic nursing, including for the association, accreditation, nursing education programs, and students.   
   
• Develop recommendations regarding existing or needed technology/digital tools to support the implementation of the new Essentials, such as for curriculum mapping, data collection and reporting, and competency attainment/tracking.  
  • Tools that support the needs of AACN, member schools, accreditors, and students.
  • Tools/products should be accessible to all member schools.
  • Recommendations should be prioritized and include potential costs (fiscal and human resources).
  • Recommendations should include appropriate standards for the technology, tools, and products to allow access and sharing.
     
• Consult with others who have applicable expertise, as needed.
   
• Provide input/oversight for the development/selection of technologies to support nursing education.

View the report:  Vision for Sharing Data and Information Across Nursing Education, Practice, and Regulation

	David Bowersox, MBA Duke University Vice Dean, Finance and Administration
	Mary Joy Garcia Dia, DNP New York Presbyterian Hospital Director, Nursing Informatics
	Tao Le, MD University of Louisville Professor of Medicine
	Janelle Sokolowich, PhD Western Governors University Academic Vice President and Dean
	Melissa Stec, DNP Emory University Professor
	Dan Weberg, PhD The Ohio State University Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice
	Alison Whelan, MD Association of American Medical Colleges Chief Academic Officer
	Marisa Wilson, DNSc University of Alabama at Birmingham Associate Professor and Chairperson
	Joan Stanley, PhD, Staff Liaison Chief Academic Officer jstanley@aacnnursing.org