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Charge:
The task force will engage in a collaborative effort of education
and practice partners to develop a proposed document that
updates the essential professional nursing competencies that
should be acquired in an entry level baccalaureate nursing
program upon graduation. The task force is also charged with
assuring that a wide range of opinions and feedback are sought
from representatives of higher education, professional nursing
education and practice, and consumers in developing its recommendations.
The task force will:
- Assess the health care trends and expectations
that will shape health care delivery for the next decade.
- Assess the professional community's expectations
for entry level professional practice.
- Review and make recommendations regarding
the general education requirements that are necessary to
prepare a professional for practice in complex and varied
environments.
- Develop recommendations for the competencies
and role expectations for professional practice. These updated
competencies will address new nursing knowledge, skills
and attitudes related to professionalism and other significant
patient care issues.
- Develop recommendations for the clinical
learning experiences necessary to assure that baccalaureate
graduates are prepared for safe and high quality nursing
practice.
- Develop a set of quality indicators for
baccalaureate nursing education which address the faculty,
student, clinical learning, and other resources necessary
to implement high quality learning experiences to achieve
end-of-program competencies. These quality indicators should
include articulation of the mutual accountabilities of education
and practice partners to assure high quality learning experiences.
- Develop recommendations for the post-graduation
transition process for new entry level professional nurses.
The revised Baccalaureate
Essentials should address both pre-licensure and RN to BSN
educational programs. The task force should take special care
to assure that the entry level expectations for baccalaureate
level professional nursing practice are distinctly differentiated
from those required for advanced generalist practice and create
a foundational set of expectations for professional practice
that will prepare a professional for future career transitions
and educational growth.
The task force should seek to complete
its charge by July 2008 for review and potential approval
by the AACN Board of Directors at the July 2008 board meeting
and approval of the membership at the October 2008 annual
meeting.
Please
address your comments to either the task force chair or AACN
staff liaison noted.
Patricia Martin, PhD, RN, Chair
Dean, Wright State University
College of Nursing and Health
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
(937) 775-3133
FAX: (937) 775-4571
patricia.martin@wright.edu
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Carol Ashton, PhD, RN
Idaho State University
School of Nursing
921 So. 8th Ave, Stop 8101
Pocatello, ID 83209-8101
(208) 282-2443
FAX: (208) 282-4476
ashtcaro@isu.edu
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Derryl Block, PhD, RN
University of Wisconsin- Green Bay
Professional Program in Nursing
2420 Nicolet Drive, MAC Hall A305
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
(920) 465-2976
FAX: (920) 465-2854
blockd@uwgb.edu
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Daisy Cruz-Richman, PhD, RN
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
College of Nursing
450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 22
Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098
(718) 270-7632
FAX: (718) 270-7636
daisy.cruz-richman@downstate.edu
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Teri Murray,
PhD, RN
Saint Louis University
Doisy College of Health Sciences
School of Nursing
3525 Caroline Mall
St. Louis, MO 63104-1099
(314) 977-8909
FAX: (314) 977-8949
tmurray4@slu.edu
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Linda Niedringhaus, PhD, RN
Elmhurst College
Deicke Center for Nursing Education
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126-3296
(630) 617-3344
FAX: (630) 617-3237
lindan@elmhurst.edu
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Donald "Chip"
Bailey, PhD, RN
Faculty Representative
Duke University
School of Nursing
Trent Drive, DUMC 3322
Durham, NC 27710
(919) 681-3003
FAX: (919) 681-8899
baile061@mc.duke.edu
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Jean W. Lange,
PhD, RN
Faculty Representative
Fairfield University
School of Nursing
1073 North Benson Road
(203) 254-4000 x2713
FAX: (203) 254-4126
jlange@mail.fairfield.edu
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Roxanne A. Moutafis,
MS, RN
Faculty Representative
University of Arizona
School of Nursing
1305 N. Martin Ave.
PO Box 210203
Tucson, AZ 85721-0203
(520) 626-8441
FAX: (520) 626-4062
moutafis@nursing.arizona.edu
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Judith Sands, EdD, RN
Faculty
Representative
University of Virginia
School of Nursing
PO Box 800782
McLeod Hall, 4062
Charlottesville, VA 22908
(434) 924-0096
FAX: (434) 243-2721
jks@ virginia.edu |
Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, Practice Representative
Chief Nurse Executive,
InovaHealth Systems
2990 Telestar Court, Suite 4303
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 205-2254
FAX: (703) 205-2385
karen.drenkard@inova.org
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Polly Bednash, Staff Liaison
Executive Director
(202) 463-6930, ext. 222
pbednash@aacn.nche.edu
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Joan
Stanley, Staff Liaison
Director of Education Policy
(202) 463-6930, ext. 254
jstanley@aacn.nche.edu
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Kathy McGuinn, Staff Liaison
Director of Special Projects
(202) 463-6930, ext. 262
kmcguinn@aacn.nche.edu
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