Call for Nominations for the 2018 CNLAwards AACN and the Commission on Nurse Certification (CNC) are now accepting nominations for the 2018 CNL Educator Award and the CNL Vanguard Award. The application deadline is November 10. Tuesday, September 19, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
AACN's Response to Hurricanes See the latest links to resources for those impacted by the hurricanes as well as opportunities for those who can help. To all in our member schools, please let us know if there is anything we... Tuesday, September 12, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
Opportunity to Respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Leadership Development AACN has issued an RFP to individuals, groups, and organizations interested in designing a comprehensive leadership development portfolio for the association (Leadership Development Learning... Monday, September 11, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
AACN Support Position Statement on Substance Use At its July 2017 meeting, the AACN Board of Directors endorsed the joint position statement issued by the Emergency Nurses Association and the International Nurses Society on Addictions... Monday, September 11, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
AACN Mourns the Loss of Louise Fitzpatrick, Long-Time Dean at Villanova University Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick, who served as the dean of the College of Nursing at Villanova University since 1978, passed away on September 1 after a battle with cancer. Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
AACN Partners with 24 Nursing Schools to Advance Holistic Admission Review In response to the HRSA program announcement, AACN developed a structured NWD Technical Assistance Program that features an assessment of admissions practices, an on-site Holistic Admissions... Wednesday, August 30, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
2017-2018 NursingCAS Application Cycle is Open The NursingCAS 2017-2018 cycle opened on August 23, as the 2016-2017 cycle closed on August 18. In that previous cycle, over 200 schools processed more than 105,000 applications to 1,900+... Wednesday, August 30, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership: A Time for Moral Courage Nursing has the privilege of caring for culturally diverse patients and the social mandate to do so with a focus on equity and excellence, respect, and dignity. Over the summer, events here and... Wednesday, August 23, 2017 | Rounds with Leadership
AACN's New Headquarters AACN is happy to announce that we have moved into our new headquarters. Please update your address book with our new location. 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC... Tuesday, August 15, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership - Leading the Way This week, AACN is delighted to host an enthusiastic group of member deans and senior faculty in the Colorado mountains for one of the association's signature leadership development programs, the... Wednesday, July 26, 2017 | Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership - Understanding Health Equity In the June 22 edition of the Health Affairs Blog, Dr. Paula Braveman, Director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health at the University of California, San Francisco, addresses the need for... Wednesday, June 28, 2017 | Rounds with Leadership
Seeking Member Input: Defining Scholarship for Academic Nursing Position Statement In July 2016, the AACN Task Force charged with revitalizing the definition of scholarship for academic nursing position statement began their work. Chaired by Dr. Robin Newhouse, Dean and... Wednesday, May 24, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership - A Global Commitment to Advancing Academic Nursing AACN has a long history of engaging with the international community to advance the goals of baccalaureate and graduate nursing education. Wednesday, May 24, 2017 | Rounds with Leadership
Task Force Updates and Opportunities for Member Feedback As part of the work to advance AACN's new Strategic Plan, AACN established 5 Task Forces in 2016. Please note the information below on reports and opportunities for member feedback. Final task... Friday, May 5, 2017 | Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Membership Announcements, Newsletter, Policy & Advocacy, Research & Data, Rounds with Leadership
Rounds with Leadership - Why We Need to Talk About Nursing Science To help raise awareness, AACN launched its Nursing Science Transforms campaign with three major goals in mind: to educate legislators and the public on how nursing science advances health and... Wednesday, April 26, 2017 | Rounds with Leadership