Inside Syllabus: Q&A with Kate Judge In this issue of the Syllabus, AACN interviewed Kate Judge, Executive Director of the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association and American Nurses Credentialing Center. Friday, September 29, 2023 | Newsletter, Syllabus
AACN Announces New Members of the Graduate Nursing Student Academy Leadership Council AACN is pleased to announce that eight nursing students have been selected to serve two-year terms on the national Leadership Council of the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA). Thursday, September 28, 2023 | Membership Announcements, Press Release, Student News
Rounds with Leadership: Practice Ready or Not? Preparing practice-ready nurses to thrive across all healthcare settings is a top priority for academic nursing. Disruptive developments in health care call for reconsidering how best to educate new nurses and transition them into practice. Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Education, Essentials, Rounds with Leadership
Six AACN Member Schools Receive Funding to Support Efforts to Accelerate Nursing Research and Advance Precision Health AACN is pleased to announce that six nursing schools have been selected to receive funding to help raise awareness about the All of Us Research Program. The schools selected this year to receive funding include... Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | Grant Initiatives, Membership Announcements, Policy & Advocacy
Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurses are Essential to Quality Health Care AACN published a comprehensive document that spotlights the substantial contributions of BSN-prepared nurses to quality health care. This document illustrates the impact of higher nursing education on patient well-being, including a summary of the evidence. BSN-educated nurses consistently... Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Education
Data Spotlight: Changes in Master’s Program Enrollments and Graduations In May 2023, AACN aacnounced a second consecutive year of decline at 9.45% on average, with the western region experiencing the most significant drop at 12.49%. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) saw a substantial 24.94% decrease in enrollments, while non-HBCU... Tuesday, September 5, 2023 | Education, Enrollment, Research & Data
Rounds with Leadership: Helping to Meet Your Enrollment Targets Given last fall’s enrollment declines and new concerns about the impact of the Supreme Court decision on race-conscious admissions, many academic leaders are anxious about what the new fall semester will bring. Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Enrollment, Rounds with Leadership
Data Spotlight: Changes in Master’s Program Enrollments and Graduations In May 2023, AACN aacnounced a second consecutive year of decline at 9.45% on average, with the western region experiencing the most significant drop at 12.49%. Historically Black Colleges...
Call for Applications: All of Us Mini-Grants AACN has joined with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help amplify the impact of the All of Us Research Program, a national initiative focused on improving precision medicine...
Data Spotlight: Declines in RN-to-BSN Program Enrollments For the fourth year in a row, enrollment in RN to Baccalaureate (RN-to-BSN) program have decreased. The 2022-2023 school year saw a 16.9% decline (19,871 students) in RN-BSN programs in schools...
Rounds with Leadership: A Closer Look at the AACN Data Earlier this month, AACN released findings from our Fall 2022 annual survey, which show declining student enrollment across nursing program levels. AACN staff are working to discern the causes of...
Data Spotlight: A Closer Look at Enrollment and Graduation Trends In 2022, for the first time since 2000, enrollment in generic baccalaureate programs declined slightly compared to the previous year. When comparing the schools that reported in both 2021 and...
New Data Show Enrollment Declines in Schools of Nursing, Raising Concerns About the Nation’s Nursing Workforce According to new data released today by AACN, the number of students in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs decreased by 1.4% last year, ending a 20-year period of enrollment growth in...