AACN Agendas

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is the major force behind excellence and innovation in nursing education, research, and practice. The AACN openly discussed how they set agendas every year. The AACN adopted a new nursing education framework, “The Essentials: Care Competencies for Professional Nursing Education,” as an update to the previously existing framework, which has been in place since 1986 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), 2021). The implementation of the new framework will lead to substantial changes to the nursing curriculum, learning and assessment activities, and transition to practice with significant implications for health and nursing regulation (Giddens et al., 2022). The Essential Framework defines the quality of nursing education and will continuously guide the AACN in setting the association’s yearly agenda. As per AACN, the Essentials framework is a bridge towards filling the transitional gap between nursing education and nursing practice. It guides the AACN in its policy and advocacy role to push for regulations that improve the quality of education by integrating education and practice to support the transition from education to the nursing role in clinical settings.

Through the new Essentials, AACN determines priority areas and focuses its policy and advocacy agenda on such areas to support regulatory bodies and ensure sound policies are formulated and implemented. For instance, the AACN has set its priorities for academic nursing in its 2023-2024 federal policy agenda as per the core policy values of sustainability, inclusivity, and innovation set by the new Essentials. The set priorities for the 2023-2024 policy agenda include advancing higher education, pursuing transformative research, developing a robust workforce, and redefining models of care. Therefore, the AACN sets agendas for every year based on priority areas of need that can significantly advance the nursing profession to improve health care to meet prevailing needs.

 References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2021). The Essentials: Core Competencies For Professional Nursing Education.

Giddens, J., Douglas, J. P., & Conroy, S. (2022). The Revised AACN Essentials: Implications for Nursing Regulation. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 12(4), 16–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(22)00009-6

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AACN Agendas

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