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Baccalaureate Essentials Regional Meetings new
Learn More about the Work Underway to Revise the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice
 
 
bullet Draft of the Revised Baccalaureate Essentials Available for Comment
The AACN Task Force on the Revision of the Essentials for Baccalaureate Nursing Education has completed the fifth draft of this document which outlines the expected competencies of graduates of baccalaureate nursing programs. This document will be discussed at the Regional Meetings, but comments may also be directed to Kathy McGuinn, AACN's Director of Special Projects, at kmcguinn@aacn.nche.edu.
 
bullet Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice
After a two-year, consensus-building process, AACN member institutions voted to endorse the Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice on October 30, 2006
 
AACN Board Endorses Hallmarks of Quality and Patient Safety
Prepared by the Task Force on the Essential Patient Safety Competencies for Professional Nursing Care, this new set of hallmarks contains recommendations for baccalaureate program competencies and curricular guidelines to assure high quality and safe patient care. Endorsed by the AACN Board of Directors on September 11, 2006, this work will inform the work of a future task force on the revision of the Baccalaureate Essentials.
 
AACN Endorses Two Position Statements at the Spring Annual Meeting
See AACN's Statement of Support for Clinical Nurse Specialists and the updated Position Statement on Nursing Research.
 
   
 
 





 

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