Inside Syllabus: Five Years of the Essentials: From Framework to Transformation Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Five years ago, the release of AACN’s Essentials, core competencies for professional nursing education, set in motion a new era of...
AACN Statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s Final Rule Abandoning Nursing Education as a Professional Degree Thursday, April 30, 2026 On the eve of National Nurses Week, the Department of Education released its unpublished final rule, set to take effect on July 1, 2026, that...
Rounds with Leadership: Aligning ACE with the AACN Essentials Wednesday, April 29, 2026 When the Essentials were initially endorsed, the AACN Board of Directors agreed to revisit the document at the five-year mark to ensure the...