The Essentials of Baccalaureate education for Professional nursing practice (2008)

The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education outlines the educational framework for colleges for the preparation of professional nurses.  This apply to all pre-licensure and RN completion programs, whether the degree is Baccalaureate or graduate entry. 

Nine Essentials

• Essential I: Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice
  • A solid base in liberal education provides the cornerstone for the practice and education of nurses.
• Essential II: Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety
  • Knowledge and skills in leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety are necessary to provide high quality health care.
• Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice
  • Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of current evidence into one’s practice.
• Essential IV: Information Management and Application of Patient Care Technology
  • Knowledge and skills in information management and patient care technology are critical in the delivery of quality patient care.
• Essential V: Health Care Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments
  • Helathcare policies, including financial and regulatory, directly and indirectly influence the nature and functioning of the healthcare system and thereby are important considerations in professional nursing practice.
• Essential VI: Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes
  • Communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals are critical to delivering high quality and safe patient care.
• Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health
  • Helath promotion and disease prevention at the individual and population level are necessary to improve population health and are important components of baccalaureate generalist nursing practice.
• Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values
  • Professionalism and the inherent values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice are fundamental to the discipline of nursing
• Essential IX: Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice
  • The baccalaureate-­graduate nurse is prepared to practice with patients, including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the lifespan and across the continuum of healthcare environments.
  • The baccalaureate graduate understands and respects the variations of care, the increased complexity, and the increased use of healthcare resources inherent in caring for patients.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC. pg 3-5.
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Using The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (2008) as a framework for curriculum revision

Cynthia Glawe Mailloux. J Prof Nurs. 2011 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Curriculum development is often seen as an arduous process by faculty in nursing education. Curriculum revisions need to take place based on profound changes in science, a more complex health care system, technology, and more current models of curriculum design. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing's The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice is an organizational framework that can easily be used during a nursing program's curriculum revision process. The redesign of nursing curricula is urgent and needs to reflect the integration of clinical and classroom learning consistent with the language found in the Baccalaureate Essentials, standards of the institutions' accrediting bodies, and the state boards of nursing. An additional consideration to ensure high-quality nursing education and student outcomes is to include a review of the National Council State Board of Nursing's Test Plan to identify gaps in content identified as essential to safe practice.

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