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Update on AACN Essentials and Invitation to apply for a
Free Ticket to the
Essentials Regional Meeting Sept 14 or 15, 2023
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o Prelicensure Pre-requisites are in review. Led by Student Affairs, Academic Programs, the Curriculum Committee, and the Essentials Taskforce, we are seeking a small group of faculty to address the ripple of effects touched off by the faculty vote to change Growth and Development and Nutrition courses to pre-reqs for MECN students. Please volunteer by emailing me.
2. Gerry Altmiller told us we are ahead of dozens of schools across the country where she consults. Our academic-practice partnership puts us ahead of other schools that lack a strong clinical connection.
3. We are noticed for our attention to addressing practice readiness as an important outcome competency. The AACN highlighted our progress, as they do other schools (see Textbox 1).
4. Finally, we are on the map for curricular leadership around the Essentials. The UCLA SON was selected to host a regional Essentials meeting at the Luskin Conference Center in September.
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What’s next?
Plan on three things.
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