ELNEC Celebrates 25 Years As summer kicks into gear, the ELNEC team wishes you moments of rest and restoration before the Fall semester begins. Monday, June 30, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
New Scholarships Support Pathways to Critical Care Nursing The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN Critical Care) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN Colleges) are partnering to provide scholarships to nursing students... Monday, June 30, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
Schools of Nursing Enrollment Increases Across Most Program Levels, Signaling Strong Interest in Nursing Careers New data released today by AACN show increases in the student population across most undergraduate and graduate programs at U.S. nursing schools, reversing some recent downward trends. Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
New Master’s and Doctoral Level CNL Competencies Released AACN is pleased to announce the release of a new set of competencies to prepare Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNLs) at the master’s and doctoral levels. Friday, May 23, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
Inside Syllabus: AACN Celebrates National Nurses' Month Take a look inside this special Nurses Month edition of the Syllabus newsletter, featuring AACN member schools and vendor partners in the Nurses Month Supplement, along with an interview with... Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
President’s FY 2026 Budget Request Proposes Steep Reductions and Eliminations to Nursing Education and Research Funding AACN opposes deep funding cuts to nursing education, research, and the workforce proposed in President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget. Released on May 2, this skinny budget represents the... Monday, May 5, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
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. Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
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 & Curriculum
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 & Curriculum
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 & Curriculum
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 & Curriculum
ELNEC Updates: Celebrating 25 Years & Upcoming Opportunities We pause to reflect on ELNEC’s unwavering dedication to palliative and end-of-life nursing care and the pioneering vision to address the needs of nursing schools. Led by Dr. Betty Ferrell,... Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
Streamline Your Nursing Admissions: Join the NursingCAS Overview Webinar AACN’s Nursing Centralized Application Service (NursingCAS) is hosting a NursingCAS Overview: A Demonstration of the Student Application and Admissions Management Portal webinar, on Tuesday,... Tuesday, January 7, 2025 | Education & Curriculum
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Celebrates 25th Anniversary The ELNEC project celebrates 25 years of advancing palliative care. ELNEC began in the early development of the field of palliative care as an effort to train nurses in care of the seriously ill... Friday, December 13, 2024 | Education & Curriculum
ELNEC Updates: November 2024 The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a collaborative effort between AACN and the City of Hope to improve palliative education. Monday, November 4, 2024 | Education & Curriculum