Rounds with Leadership: Alleviating the Nursing Shortage: Connecting Qualified Applicants to Open Seats Efforts to address the U.S. nursing shortage are accelerating with a flurry of recent news reports focused on state-led initiatives to meet workforce demands. Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | Education, Enrollment, Rounds with Leadership
National Nursing Organizations Call for Investments in Health, Research, and the Workforce On behalf of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National League for Nursing, and the... Thursday, April 17, 2025 | Education, Membership Announcements, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data
Progression Indicators Feedback Period Open Now Through April 16 for Deans and Essentials Champions As AACN continues to drive academic nursing’s transition to competency-based education, the association is working to develop a national consensus for progression indicators—the... Monday, March 31, 2025 | Education, Essentials
Policy Watch: AACN Statement on Education Department Changes and Key Federal Updates On March 20, the President signed an Executive Order directing steps to close the Department of Education and return authority to states and local communities. AACN released a statement expressing... Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | Education, Policy & Advocacy
AACN Statement on the Executive Order to Close the Department of Education On March 20, the President signed an Executive Order titled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities. This order states that the Secretary of Education... Friday, March 21, 2025 | Education, Policy & Advocacy