The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education


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Curriculum content and expected competencies for baccalaureate, master's, and DNP program graduates.


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Used to define quality in nursing education, The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education outline the necessary curriculum content and expected competencies of graduates from baccalaureate, master’s, and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs. With the endorsement of the new AACN Essentials by the membership in April 2021, academic nursing is moving toward a new model and framework for nursing education using a competency-based approach.

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COPYRIGHT © 2021 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. AACN member institutions and their faculty may download and save one copy of this document solely in order to implement its contents. No other uses of this document, in whole or in part, are allowed by any other person or entity, including, but not limited to, no commercial use, reproduction, retransmission, sharing, editing, or creating of derivative works, without the prior written permission of AACN. Permission may be requested by contacting Bill O’Connor at boconnor@aacnnursing.org.

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