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...
Rounds with Leadership: Following Nursing Workforce Trends: Part I Wednesday, May 28, 2025 As nurse educators, we play a pivotal role in sustaining the healthcare workforce and ensuring access to care for all Americans.
Rounds with Leadership: Recognizing Excellence in Academic Nursing Wednesday, March 26, 2025 In keeping with our mission, AACN is committed to advancing innovation in nursing education, research, and practice. We believe that recognizing...
Rounds with Leadership: Showcasing the Impact of Academic Nursing Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Last summer, the AACN Board of Directors convened a Thought Leaders Assembly in Chicago with member deans and invited guests to discuss...
Rounds with Leadership: Taking the Pulse on Essentials Implementation Wednesday, January 29, 2025 When AACN member schools voted to endorse the Essentials in April 2021, academic nursing made the bold decision to transform how we prepare nurses...
Rounds with Leadership: A Time to Revel, Reflect, and Renew Wednesday, December 4, 2024 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...
Rounds with Leadership: Moving Ahead with Essentials Implementation Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Three years ago, AACN members made a bold decision to transform the future of nursing education and practice. With the endorsement of The...
Rounds with Leadership: A Time to Celebrate Wednesday, May 1, 2024 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...
Rounds with Leadership: Focusing Federal Investments on Nursing Wednesday, January 31, 2024 In response to workforce concerns, the National Advisory Council on Nursing Education and Practice (NACNEP) issued its 19th report to Congress and...
Rounds with Leadership: A Season of Joy and Peace Wednesday, December 27, 2023 As a community of leaders, we worked together to address a wide spectrum of concerns ranging from workforce shortages, faculty vacancies, changing...
Rounds with Leadership: Setting a New Standard for Interprofessional Education Wednesday, November 29, 2023 AACN has long recognized the need to strengthen interprofessional education to the benefit of clinicians and the recipients of their care....
Rounds with Leadership: Standing Against Violence and Hate Wednesday, October 25, 2023 AACN unequivocally condemns all acts of terrorism, violence, and discrimination. The war in Israel has resulted in a wave of antisemitic and...
Rounds With Leadership: A Milestone for Baccalaureate Nursing Education Wednesday, April 26, 2023 For the first time in our history, more than 70% of registered nurses (RNs) are educated at the baccalaureate or higher degree level, according to...
Rounds with Leadership: Facilitating Transformation Wednesday, March 29, 2023 At the Deans Annual Meeting held earlier this week, transformation in nursing education was a common theme threaded across many conversations....
Rounds with Leadership: Focusing on the Future of Faculty Wednesday, February 22, 2023 For more than two decades, schools of nursing nationwide have experienced an unrelenting shortage of faculty, which has frustrated efforts to meet...