Excellence in Nursing: Awards to be Presented at AACN's Academic Nursing Leadership Conference At the 2024 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference (ANLC), taking place on October 14-16, in Washington, DC, AACN will honor several individuals and member institutions with awards for their outstanding contributions to nursing education, research, and practice. Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Membership Announcements
Rounds with Leadership: Focusing on the Outcomes of NP Practice In September 2008, more than two dozen national nursing organizations, including AACN, joined with the Tri-Council for Nursing to commission a study on the impact that advanced practice registered nurses have on healthcare quality and patient outcomes. The need for this research was driven in... Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Education, Rounds with Leadership
Launch of 2024-2025 NursingCAS Application Cycle The 2024-2025 NursingCAS Application Cycle opened on August 8 to students applying for admission to nursing programs in the following semesters: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026, and Spring 2026. Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Education, Enrollment
Tri-Council for Nursing Releases Statement: When Nurses Vote, Health Care Policy Changes for the Better Without nurses, quality care would be out of reach for many U.S. residents. As the largest, most trusted health care professioni, nurses’ influence on public health and policy cannot be overstated. With so much at stake for the future of health care, it is essential for nurses to make... Monday, August 12, 2024 | Policy & Advocacy
AACN Recognizes Loyola University Chicago with an Inclusive Excellence, Belonging, and Sustainability in Nursing Education Award AACN is pleased to announce that the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Inclusive Excellence, Belonging, and Sustainability in Nursing Education Award. This prestigious honor is awarded annually to recognize nursing... Thursday, August 8, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Education, Press Release
AACN Applauds Senate Appropriations Committee’s Bipartisan Support for Nursing Education and Research AACN was pleased to see sustained funding for nursing education and research in the Senate's proposed spending bill for fiscal year (FY) 2025, a stark contrast to the cuts proposed in the House bill introduced last month. Monday, August 5, 2024 | Education, Policy & Advocacy, Press Release
Health Care’s Rebuke of Reckless Reporting The health care community stands together to express grave concerns about the recent Bloomberg article, "The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners." The authors failed to write a balanced story by cherry picking negative information and failing to report the enormous... Thursday, August 1, 2024 | Education
Explore AACN's Data Products and Services AACN’s Research and Data Center is the nation’s leading resource for data on baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs and trends in academic nursing. Annually, it collects and...
New AACN Data Points to Enrollment Challenges Facing U.S. Schools of Nursing New data released today by AACN show that sustaining student enrollment in baccalaureate and graduate programs continues to be a challenge at U.S. schools of nursing. Though enrollment in...
Data Spotlight: A Closer Look at PhD in Nursing Program Enrollment and Graduations In 2023, AACN reported a 4.1% decline in enrollment and a 4.8% decrease in graduation rates for research-focused doctoral nursing programs from 2021 to 2022, with the North Atlantic region...
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...
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...