AACN Essentials Alignment
This chapter reproduces Appendix A in Community and Public Health Nursing: A Call to Action [PDF]
This appendix maps how each chapter in this textbook aligns with the domains and competencies of the AACN Essentials (2021). We include this mapping to provide a clear roadmap for both nursing students and educators: students can see how the program equips them with these essential skills, while educators gain a framework for ensuring the curriculum effectively covers the AACN requirements.
| Chapter | Preface | Intro. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice | |||||||||||||
| 1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| 1.2 Apply theory and research-based knowledge from nursing, the arts, humanities, and other sciences. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| 1.3 Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Domain 2: Person-Centered Care | |||||||||||||
| 2.1 Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship. | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| 2.1 Engage with the individual in establishing a caring relationship. | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| 2.3 Integrate assessment skills in practice. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| 2.4 Diagnose actual or potential health problems and needs. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| 2.5 Develop a plan of care. | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| 2.6 Demonstrate accountability for care delivery. | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| 2.7 Evaluate outcomes of care. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 2.8 Promote self-care management. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 2.9 Provide care coordination. | x | x | |||||||||||
| Domain 3: Population Health | |||||||||||||
| 3.1 Manage population health. | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| 3.2 Engage in effective partnerships. | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| 3.3 Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care. | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| 3.4 Advance equitable population health policy. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 3.5 Demonstrate advocacy strategies. | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| 3.6 Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies. | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Domain 4: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline | |||||||||||||
| 4.1 Advance the scholarship of nursing. | x | ||||||||||||
| 4.2 Integrate best evidence into nursing practice. | x | x | |||||||||||
| 4.3 Promote the ethical conduct of scholarly activities. | |||||||||||||
| Domain 5: Quality and Safety | |||||||||||||
| 5.1 Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery. | |||||||||||||
| 5.2 Contribute to a culture of patient safety. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 5.3 Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety. | x | x | |||||||||||
| Domain 6: Interprofessional Partnerships | |||||||||||||
| 6.1 Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery. | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| 6.2 Perform effectively in different team roles, using principles and values of team dynamics. | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| 6.3 Use knowledge of nursing and other professions to address health care needs. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| 6.4 Work with other professions to maintain a climate of mutual learning, respect, and shared values. | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Domain 7: Systems-Based Practice | |||||||||||||
| 7.1 Apply knowledge of systems to work effectively across the continuum of care. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 7.2 Incorporate consideration of cost- effectiveness of care. | |||||||||||||
| 7.3 Optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice. | x | x | |||||||||||
| Domain 8: Informatics and Health Care Technologies | |||||||||||||
| 8.1 Describe the various information and communication technology tools used in the care of patients, communities, and populations. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 8.2 Use information and communication technology to gather data, create information, and generate knowledge. | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| 8.3 Use information and communication technologies and informatics processes to deliver safe nursing care to diverse populations in a variety of settings. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 8.4 Use information and communication technology to support documentation of care and communication among providers, patients, and all system levels. | x | x | |||||||||||
| 8.5 Use information and communication technologies in accordance with ethical, legal, professional, and regulatory standards, and workplace policies in the delivery of care. | |||||||||||||
| Domain 9: Professionalism | |||||||||||||
| 9.1 Demonstrate an ethical comportment in one’s practice reflective of nursing’s mission to society. | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| 9.2 Employ participatory approach to nursing care. | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| 9.3 Demonstrate accountability to the individual, society, and the profession. | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| 9.4 Comply with relevant laws, policies, and regulations. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 9.5 Demonstrate the professional identity of nursing. | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| 9.6 Integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to one’s professional identity. | x | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Domain 10: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development | |||||||||||||
| 10.1 Demonstrate a commitment to personal health and well-being. | |||||||||||||
| 10.2 Demonstrate a spirit of inquiry that fosters flexibility and professional maturity. | |||||||||||||
| 10.3 Develop capacity for leadership. | x | x | x | x |