AACN Essentials Competency Assessment Framework

The competencies include entry-level professional nursing education (baccalaureate, RN-BSN, and generic or second-degree master's education) and advanced-level ...

Essentials Competency Assessment

The Essentials Competency Assessment Framework illustrates the evolution of a student's learning experience as they journey through competency development.

AACN Essentials - American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Used to define quality in nursing education, the AACN Essentials outline the necessary curriculum content and expected competencies of graduates from ...

Guiding Principles for Competency-Based Education and Assessment

In an outcomes-based competency framework, curriculum, outcomes, and assessment ... Susan Corbridge, PhD, Chief Essentials Program Officer, AACN, Staff Liaison.

The Essentials: Competencies for Professional Nursing Education

Since 1986, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has published the. Essenfials series that provides the educational framework ...

Competency-Education and the Revised AACN Essentials

The revised American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials emphasize competency-based assessments and expected outcomes in both entry-to-practice and ...

What is Competency-Based Education?

Note: AACN does not require schools to move to time-variable education or organize academic content according to competencies instead of by course. We ...

The Revised AACN Essentials: Implications for Nursing Regulation

The adoption of competency-based assessment will dramatically change the way nursing education programs assess achievement of student outcomes. BONs will need ...

The AACN essentials: An intentional framework for successful ...

In April 2021, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) published The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (hereafter ...

Meeting the AACN's Essentials for Competency-Based Education ...

Meeting the AACN's Essentials for Competency-Based Education With Hands-Free Video-Recorded Skills Assessment ... J Nurs Educ. 2023 Dec;62(12):733 ...

Guides and Talking Points

From Guiding Principles on CBE implementation to the Essentials Competency Assessment Framework ... AACN Essentials. View White Paper · American Association ...

Competence Framework and Toolkit for Progressive and Critical Care

“AACN Competence Framework for Progressive and Critical Care: Initial Competency 2022” establishes the standard for entry-level nurse competency. Using this ...

Competency-Education and the Revised AACN Essentials

In 2021, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing launched a new competency-based framework to help reduce the gap from education to practice.

Essentials Updates - American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Recent developments include the newly released Essentials Competency Assessment Framework and the announcement of AACN's second Vendor Showcase coming in ...

AACN Essentials - for Educators - ATI Testing

Making it easier for your program to advance toward critical institution goals, with all your curricula, courses, assessment data, evaluations, and competencies ...

Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education

AACN The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education ... 2.3 Integrate assessment skills in practice. 2.3a Create an environment during ...

Frequently Asked Questions

The AACN assessment framework does not mention concepts at all. The concepts are threaded throughout the Essentials—in the Domains, competencies, and sub- ...

A quick guide to the new AACN Essentials

Within the comprehensive 82-page Essentials document, the AACN developed 10 core domains which are distinguished areas of competence that create ...

Nursing Competency Kit—Getting Started With the New AACN ...

Nursing Competency Kit—Getting Started With the New AACN Essentials ... Nursing education is in a state of transformation. As the spotlight shifts toward ...

The Guiding Principles for Competency-Based Education ...

AACN developed the Guiding Principles for Competency-Based Education & Assessment to guide faculty engaged with transitioning to competency-based curricula ...