Week 9 Assignment: AACN Essentials Summary Paper
Week 9 Assignment: AACN Essentials Summary Paper
Week 9 Assignment: AACN Essentials Summary Paper
Submit your final thoughts on the nine AACN Essentials compiled from your Discussion Board posts and discussions with peers and faculty. Incorporate ideas and concepts you learned from your discussions.
For each essential include the following:
· A brief summary explanation of the essential that is cited with at least one scholarly source
· At least one example of how you met the essential during your nursing program
Use APA Style.
Here are the nine essentials
The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice
The nine Essentials are: · Essential I: Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice
o 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
o 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
o 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
o 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
o Healthcare 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
o Communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals are critical to
delivering high quality and safe patient care.4
· Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health
o Health 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
o 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
o The baccalaureategraduate nurse is prepared to practice with patients,
including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across
the lifespan and across the continuum of healthcare environments. o 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.
Follow this link to The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice
BaccEssentials08.pdf (aacnnursing.org)
https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/BaccEssentials08.pdf