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Data Reports | Brochures & CDS
Featured Publications
Academic Leadership in Nursing: Making the Journey ($20)
Academic Leadership in Nursing: Making the Journey is now available from AACN. This 256 page monograph provides support for the journey to the deanship/directorship through the writings of those who have faced the decisions and lived the experience. The four sections—Getting There, Getting Started, Staying There, and Moving On—are organized into the natural stages in the career of one assuming the top academic leadership position in nursing. Click Here to Order.
The Voice of Professional Nursing Education ($20)
The Voice of Professional Nursing Education: A 40-Year History of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Cost is $20 per copy plus shipping. AACN has achieved many milestones and achievements in its relatively short history. This book details those events, as well as the bumps along the road to success. Click Here to Order
Lifelong Learning in Medicine and Nursing
The Essentials
The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (2008)
($12 members/$15 nonmembers; bulk rates available)
Faculty Tool Kit for the Baccalaureate Essentials (2009) ($5)
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The tool kit provides integrative learning strategies, opportunities for program enhancement, and resources that will assist faculty with the integration of the Baccalaureate Essentials throughout the nursing curriculum. This kit includes a review of the nine Baccalaureate Essentials followed by Integrative Learning Strategies, Opportunities for Program Enhancement, Web Links, AACN Presentations, and References.
The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing (2011)
These revised Master’s Essentials, an update to an earlier version from 1996, reflect current and future nursing practice at the master’s level, which demands expert application of evidence-based practices, quality improvement methods, outcomes measurement, systems knowledge, and leadership skills. Nurses who obtain the competencies outlined in these Master’s Essentials will possess the advanced knowledge in the discipline and leadership skills needed to improve health outcomes in a number of current and emerging roles.
The Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (1996)
($10 members/$15 nonmembers; bulk rates available)
An important framework for designing and assessing master's education programs for advanced practice nursing. This publication includes a curriculum model for master's nursing education, an outline of essential curriculum contents, graduate core curriculum content, advanced practice nursing core curriculum, and much more.
The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (2006)
The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice define the curricular elements that must be present in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs. Required by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for schools seeking to accredit DNP programs, these Essentials outline the foundational competencies that are core to all advanced nursing practice roles, including the four nationally-recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nursing roles: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives.
The Essential Clinical Resources for Nursing's Academic Mission (1999)
AACN's landmark publication that defines the essential elements of clinical support for the full spectrum of academic nursing- undergraduate and graduate education, faculty practice and research. Identifies the facilitators and barriers to clinical access in nursing education, describes essential clinical-site learning experiences both for undergraduate and graduate nursing students, and outlines the clinical resources necessary for faculty practice and research to develop and flourish.
Geriatric Nursing
Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for the Nursing Care of Older Adults
Defines clinical competencies necessary for baccalaureate nursing graduates to provide high-quality care to older adults and their families. Produced jointly by AACN and The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, the publication also suggests content and teaching strategies in 14 core competency areas identified in AACN's Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, and recommends steps for incorporating these concepts throughout the nursing curriculum.
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies
These competencies reflect the work of a national expert panel. It is a collaborative work of AACN, the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at NYU, and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF).
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Data Reports
Every year, AACN's Institutional Data Systems and Research Center (IDS) -- AACN's authoritative national databank -- reports the most current statistics on student enrollment, graduations, and faculty salaries in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs:
2010-2011 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing ($45 AACN members, $90-non-members)
2010-2011 Salaries of Instructional and Administrative Nursing Faculty in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing ($55 AACN members, $110-non-members)
2010-2011 Salaries of Deans in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing ($35 AACN members, $70-non-members)
Brochures & CDs
From Patient Advocacy to Political Activism
Your Guide to Graduate Nursing Programs
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What Every Nursing Student Should Know When Seeking Employment
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