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Academic nursing programs operate within complex systems that shape educational environments, workforce preparation, and community impact. This webinar introduces a structured institutional strengthening model designed to help schools move from fragmented efforts to aligned, system-level improvement. Participants will learn how the ACE Ecosystem of Excellence in Academic Nursing is used to examine institutional conditions, apply a six-phase strengthening process, and support sustained improvement across academic environments. The session will also highlight participation opportunities and outline how institutions can engage in the National Implementation Initiative.

Outcomes:  

• Introduce the Institutional Strengthening Initiative
• Explain how institutions use the Ecosystem
• Walk through the six-phase strengthening model
• Describe participation opportunities
• Share how to get involved

About the Ecosystem

The AACN Ecosystem of Excellence in Academic Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-informed framework that aligns mission, people, and systems to create environments where all students, staff, and faculty can thrive.

At its foundation are the Humanistic Conditions—Healthy, Psychologically Safe, Connected, Supported, Valued, and Prepared—that enable individuals to achieve their best. These are integrated through the Ecosystem’s three Cores:

Human Core, which centers on the Humanistic Conditions that foster well-being and engagement.

Operational Core, which aligns systems and strategies through five Institutional Conditions: Infrastructure and Capacity, Climate and Intergroup Relations, Education and Scholarship, Access and Success, and Community Engagement.

Institutional Core, which grounds excellence in shared culture through five Cultural Conditions: Mission, Vision, Values, Traditions, and Norms.

The Operational Core is supported by a digital Ecosystem Toolkit that translates the framework into actionable strategies and measurable outcomes, including:

• Strategies that strengthen policies, practices, and structures
• Scenarios illustrating real-world challenges and solutions—each intentionally linked to the Humanistic Conditions of the Ecosystem and aligned with relevant AACN Essentials
• Reflection questions that promote dialogue, planning, and innovation
• Dashboards and planning tools to monitor progress and outcomes
• Curated supporting literature that provides evidence and context for implementation 

This webinar is hosted by the AACN Faculty Leadership Network (FLN).

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As nurses, we need to ensure that our work is made visible and that our contributions are recognized. Innovative projects, effective practices, and meaningful outcomes should be shared beyond the nursing community to reach the audiences who need nurses’ insights most. This webinar will offer dissemination strategies to promote your work beyond scholarly journals and colleagues.  

Outcomes:

1. List factors that can determine the likelihood of your paper getting published;  
2. Describe how to choose and vet appropriate, reputable journals;
3. Identify three non-traditional strategies for disseminating your work.

Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.

This webinar is hosted by the AACN Faculty Leadership Network (FLN).

Webinar Details

As nurses, we need to ensure that our work is made visible and that our contributions are recognized. Innovative projects, effective practices, and meaningful outcomes should be shared beyond the nursing community to reach the audiences who need nurses’ insights most. This webinar will offer dissemination strategies to promote your work beyond scholarly journals and colleagues.  

Outcomes:

1. List factors that can determine the likelihood of your paper getting published;  
2. Describe how to choose and vet appropriate, reputable journals;
3. Identify three non-traditional strategies for disseminating your work.

Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.

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This session explores how academic nursing programs can establish and sustain meaningful partnerships with communities to advance health, enhance education, and prepare practice-ready graduates. Grounded in the AACN Ecosystem of Excellence in Academic Nursing, the session focuses on the Community Engagement Condition within the Operational Core, emphasizing that authentic, reciprocal relationships are essential to academic excellence and social impact.

Participants will examine how community-engaged partnerships enrich learning, support workforce development, and strengthen alignment between academic missions and public needs. The session highlights strategies for designing community-based experiences that build trust, promote shared learning, and address real-world health priorities—particularly those affecting under-resourced or historically underserved populations.

Attention will also be given to integrating technology, global perspectives, and accountability measures that ensure long-term impact and mutual benefit. By linking community partnerships to the Humanistic Conditions of connection, value, and purpose—and to AACN’s Access, Connection, and Engagement (ACE) vision—this session demonstrates how meaningful engagement bridges education, practice, and policy to create enduring pathways for excellence and collective well-being.

Learning Outcomes

After participating in this webinar, attendees will be able to:

• Explain the value of sustained, reciprocal community engagement in preparing students, supporting faculty and staff, and advancing institutional relevance.
• Evaluate how community partnerships influence student learning, clinical competence, and understanding of health systems and population needs.
• Apply strategies to design, evaluate, and strengthen community-based experiences that promote mutual benefit, trust, and long-term connection between nursing programs and the populations they serve.
• Describe how the Community Engagement Condition within the Operational Core supports the ACE vision by connecting academic nursing with communities to achieve shared goals for education, health, and workforce readiness.

About the Ecosystem

The AACN Ecosystem of Excellence in Academic Nursing is a comprehensive, evidence-informed framework that aligns mission, people, and systems to create environments where all students, staff, and faculty can thrive.

At its foundation are the Humanistic Conditions—Healthy, Psychologically Safe, Connected, Supported, Valued, and Prepared—that enable individuals to achieve their best. These are integrated through the Ecosystem’s three Cores:

• Human Core, which centers on the Humanistic Conditions that foster well-being and engagement.
• Operational Core, which aligns systems and strategies through five Institutional Conditions: Infrastructure and Capacity, Climate and Intergroup Relations, Education and Scholarship, Access and Success, and Community Engagement.
• Institutional Core, which grounds excellence in shared culture through five Cultural Conditions: Mission, Vision, Values, Traditions, and Norms.

The Operational Core is supported by a digital Ecosystem Toolkit that translates the framework into actionable strategies and measurable outcomes, including:

• Strategies that strengthen policies, practices, and structures
• Scenarios illustrating real-world challenges and solutions—each intentionally linked to the Humanistic Conditions of the Ecosystem and aligned with relevant AACN Essentials
• Reflection questions that promote dialogue, planning, and innovation
• Dashboards and planning tools to monitor pr ogress and outcomes
• Curated supporting literature that provides evidence and context for implementation

This webinar is hosted by AACN’s Research Leadership Network (RLN).

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Precision Health is an innovative and personalized approach to healthcare tailored to the individual. It draws on unique genomic information alongside socioeconomic and cultural influence, as well as environmental and lifestyle factors to support individualized, person-centered care.

Although Precision Health has led to significant advancements in healthcare, its adoption within nursing practice remains limited. A major barrier to integration is the absence of clear implementation guidelines. Nurses generally recognize the value of Precision Health in enhancing person-centered care and support its inclusion in nursing practice; however, confidence in how to effectively integrate it remains comparatively low.

This webinar is hosted by AACN’s Research Leadership Network (RLN).  

1. Participants will be able to explain what Precision Health is and discuss its advantages for person-centered care.
2. Participants will be able to identify the current barriers to integrating Precision Health into nursing practice, including the lack of clear implementation guidelines and limited confidence among nurses.
3. Participants will be able to reflect on and describe ways to incorporate Precision Health principles into their own nursing practice.