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Final Draft of the Revised Baccalaureate Essentials New!
The AACN Board of Directors approved the final draft of The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice in July. This draft will be voted on by the membership at the AACN October 2008 Semiannual Meeting. To update the members on the work of the Baccalaureate Essentials Task Force and provide an opportunity to ask questions, AACN will be hosting three teleconferences scheduled for: September 10, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT; September 18, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. EDT; and September 23, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT. Please contact Kathy McGuinn at kmcguinn@aacn.nche.edu with any questions. Click here to view the teleconference slides.
 
Cultural Competency in Baccalaureate Nursing Education and Toolkit Now Available New!
   
bullet Order the DVD Setting the Stage for the Evolution of Baccalaureate Nursing Education
 
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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