Recruit Prospective Students at AACN’s Discover Nursing School Virtual Fair Wednesday, August 20, 2025 NursingCAS member schools are encouraged to register for AACN’s Discover Nursing School Virtual Fair on October 14, 2025. The early...
ELNEC Celebrates 25 Years Monday, June 30, 2025 As summer kicks into gear, the ELNEC team wishes you moments of rest and restoration before the Fall semester begins.
New Scholarships Support Pathways to Critical Care Nursing Monday, June 30, 2025 The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN Critical Care) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN Colleges) are...
Rounds with Leadership: Monitoring Trends in Academic Nursing Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Using data is essential to recognizing today’s trends and anticipating what comes tomorrow. As nurse educators, we understand the importance...
New Master’s and Doctoral Level CNL Competencies Released Friday, May 23, 2025 AACN is pleased to announce the release of a new set of competencies to prepare Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNLs) at the master’s and...
President’s FY 2026 Budget Request Proposes Steep Reductions and Eliminations to Nursing Education and Research Funding Monday, May 5, 2025 AACN opposes deep funding cuts to nursing education, research, and the workforce proposed in President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget....
National Nursing Organizations Call for Investments in Health, Research, and the Workforce Thursday, April 17, 2025 On behalf of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing...
Progression Indicators Feedback Period Open Now Through April 16 for Deans and Essentials Champions Monday, March 31, 2025 As AACN continues to drive academic nursing’s transition to competency-based education, the association is working to develop a national...
AACN Statement on the Executive Order to Close the Department of Education Friday, March 21, 2025 On March 20, the President signed an Executive Order titled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities. This...
ELNEC Updates: Celebrating 25 Years & Upcoming Opportunities Tuesday, January 21, 2025 We pause to reflect on ELNEC’s unwavering dedication to palliative and end-of-life nursing care and the pioneering vision to address the...
Streamline Your Nursing Admissions: Join the NursingCAS Overview Webinar Tuesday, January 7, 2025 AACN’s Nursing Centralized Application Service (NursingCAS) is hosting a NursingCAS Overview: A Demonstration of the Student Application and...
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Celebrates 25th Anniversary Friday, December 13, 2024 The ELNEC project celebrates 25 years of advancing palliative care. ELNEC began in the early development of the field of palliative care as an...
ELNEC Updates: November 2024 Monday, November 4, 2024 The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a collaborative effort between AACN and the City of Hope to improve palliative education.
Rounds with Leadership: Seeking Solutions to the Faculty Shortage Wednesday, October 30, 2024 For nearly two decades, AACN has worked to quantify the shortage of nurse educators and its impact on pathways into the profession and nursing...
AACN and Bio-Oil® Launch New Scholarship to Support Nursing Students Thursday, September 12, 2024 AACN and Bio-Oil® are pleased to announce the launch of a new scholarship program designed to support careers in labor and delivery...