New AACN White Paper Released: Practice Experiences in Entry-Level Post-Licensure Nursing Programs The AACN Board of Directors endorsed a new white paper titled Practice Experiences in Entry-Level Post-Licensure Nursing Programs. This document replaces a previous version... Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | Education
Jonas Nursing & AACN Announce a Call for Applications for the New Cohort of Doctoral Nursing Scholars Jonas Nursing, a leading supporter of doctoral nursing education in the U.S., and AACN announce the launch of the eighth cohort of the Jonas Scholars program. Monday, April 8, 2024 | Education, Funding Opportunities, Press Release, Scholarships, Student News
CCNE Board of Commissioners Approves Revisions to Standards for Accreditation of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs In March, the CCNE Board of Commissioners approved revisions to CCNE’s Standards for Accreditation of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs. A prepublication version of the revised... Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | Accreditation, Education
Rounds with Leadership: The State of the Nursing Workforce As academic nursing leaders, we recognize the value of surveying the healthcare and higher education landscape to better understand workforce trends and employment projections. Having a clear... Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | Education, Rounds with Leadership
AACN Supports Increased Nursing Education Funding in President’s FY 2025 Budget AACN is pleased to see recommended increases to programs that support nursing education and the workforce in the Administration's proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Released yesterday,... Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Education, Policy & Advocacy
GNSA Selects Student Teams for the 2024 GNSA Digital Innovators Program The Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA) is pleased to announce the next cohort of the Digital Innovators Program, which was developed by AACN in collaboration with Apple Education (or... Friday, February 16, 2024 | Education, Student News
Ways to Engage Your Students with AACN This Year GNSA offers free programs and resources for nursing students at AACN member schools. Nominate student leaders, save the 2024 conference dates, explore scholarships, and advocate in DC. Monday, January 8, 2024 | Education, Membership Announcements, Student News
Inside Syllabus: Q&A with Philip Dickison, CEO of NCSBN In this issue of the Syllabus, AACN interviewed Philip Dickison, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Friday, December 1, 2023 | Education, Essentials, Newsletter, Syllabus
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... Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | Education, Enrollment, Research & Data
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... Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | Education, Essentials, Rounds with Leadership
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... 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... Tuesday, September 5, 2023 | Education, Enrollment, Research & Data
AACN’s NursingCAS Virtual Fair: Register Now! NursingCAS provides colleges with a FREE admissions platform to efficiently manage data-driven application reviews in cloud-based software. Learn why over 250 colleges of nursing used NursingCAS... Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | Education, Enrollment, Membership Announcements
Rounds with Leadership: Preparing Graduate Nursing Students to Lead Developing individual competency and encouraging professional engagement are critical to the formation of a nurse leader. Schools moving to implement the 2021 Essentials are being intentional... Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | Education, Rounds with Leadership
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... Monday, July 10, 2023 | Education, Enrollment, Research & Data