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
Rounds with Leadership: Recognizing Excellence in Academic Nursing In keeping with our mission, AACN is committed to advancing innovation in nursing education, research, and practice. We believe that recognizing excellence is an essential component of this work.... Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: Showcasing the Impact of Academic Nursing Last summer, the AACN Board of Directors convened a Thought Leaders Assembly in Chicago with member deans and invited guests to discuss perceptions about nursing and nursing science. We were... Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: Taking the Pulse on Essentials Implementation When AACN member schools voted to endorse the Essentials in April 2021, academic nursing made the bold decision to transform how we prepare nurses for professional practice. This turning point in... Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | Essentials, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: A Time to Revel, Reflect, and Renew As we approach the close of 2024, it’s important to take time to celebrate our successes and reflect on all that we learned this year. In academic nursing, we have much to celebrate. Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: Seeking Solutions to the Faculty Shortage For nearly two decades, AACN has worked to quantify the shortage of nurse educators and its impact on pathways into the profession and nursing school enrollments. Released on October 3,... Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | Education, Enrollment, Rounds with Leadership
AACN Rounds with Leadership: Boosting Your Capacity to Lead As nurse educators, we understand the importance of preparing new members of our profession to serve as expert caregivers, system innovators, and patient advocates. To thrive in these roles,... Wednesday, September 25, 2024 | Professional Development, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: Focusing on the Outcomes of NP Practice In September 2008, more than two dozen national nursing organizations, including AACN, joined with the Tri-Council for Nursing to commission a study on the impact that advanced practice registered... Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | Education, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: An End to Inequity On June 26, 2024, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a new publication examining healthcare inequities that persist in the U.S. titled Ending Unequal... Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Policy & Advocacy, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: Developing Nurse Well-Being and Leadership Moving to implement AACN’s 2021 Essentials presents an ideal opportunity for faculty to adapt nursing curriculum to ensure graduates are prepared for contemporary practice. As leaders... Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | Grant Initiatives, Rounds with Leadership, Well-being
Rounds with Leadership: Moving Ahead with Essentials Implementation Three years ago, AACN members made a bold decision to transform the future of nursing education and practice. With the endorsement of The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing... Wednesday, May 29, 2024 | Essentials, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: A Time to Celebrate May is the month we celebrate nurses. Though National Nurses Week is officially May 6-12, in recent years we have seen a shift to a month-long recognition of nurses and the contributions they make... Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Rounds with Leadership
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
Rounds with Leadership: Building a Culture of Belonging Developing diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environments where there is a collective sense of belonging is critical to achieving academic nursing’s mission and priorities. When... Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: Focusing Federal Investments on Nursing In response to workforce concerns, the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice (NACNEP) issued its 19th report to Congress and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health... Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | Policy & Advocacy, Rounds with Leadership