CastleBranch has launched a new digital solution, CB COVID-19 Compliance, to enable AACN members to screen students for a fever – a common COVID-19 symptom, collect information on a student’s travel and exposure to COVID-19, and provide educational training on preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
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AACN Announces 2020 Election Results for Board of Directors and Nominating Committee
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the results of its 2020 election to fill seats on the AACN Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.
Rounds with Leadership: The Year of the Nurse Educator
The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to celebrate the more than 22 million nurses and 2 million midwives who make up half of the global health workforce (WHO, 2020). These providers are vital to sustaining health and well-being in all communities in which they serve. Beyond raising awareness about nursing’s contribution to society, WHO also wants to use this designation to highlight the need for greater investments in the nursing workforce with the goal of ending the ongoing shortage of registered nurses (RNs).
Rounds With Leadership: A 2020 View of the Nursing Workforce
Rounds with Leadership, a forum for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Board Chair and President/CEO to offer commentary on issues and trends impacting academic nursing.
Foundation for Academic Nursing Announced by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is moving forward with plans to launch a new philanthropic enterprise in 2020, the Foundation for Academic Nursing. Though the association has been a reliable source for grant-funding to schools of nursing over the years, AACN is formalizing this work and leveraging its influence to raise funds to benefit its members and advance the organization’s mission. The plans for the new foundation were announced earlier today by AACN Board Chair Dr. Ann Cary at the association’s annual Academic Nursing Leadership Conference in Washington, DC.
AACN and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Announce New Cohort of Nursing Schools Receiving Support for White Coat Ceremonies
Today, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the AACN announced that 50 schools of nursing across the nation were selected to receive funding to host White Coat Ceremonies for incoming nursing students in the 2019-2020 academic year.