Quality care for older adults: the NLN Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) project

Nurs Educ Perspect. 2012 May-Jun;33(3):144-9. doi: 10.5480/1536-5026-33.3.144.

Abstract

There is a significant need to improve the amount and quality of gerontological nursing content in pre-licensure nursing programs in the United States.The National League for Nursing's Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) project is designed to enhance gerontological nursing content in all pre-licensure nursing programs. Nurse educators can use the ACES framework to engage nursing students in studying the care of older adults through innovative and unique teaching/learning strategies, such as unfolding cases and simulation.The ACES framework, which includes the ACES Essential Knowledge Domains and Nursing Actions, is designed to enhance gerontological nursing content in pre-licensure nursing programs without adding additional content to curricula. Use of the ACES framework in pre-licensure nursing programs will help promote quality care of older adults in a variety of settings.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Competency-Based Education*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / standards*
  • Geriatric Nursing / education*
  • Geriatric Nursing / standards
  • Humans
  • Models, Educational
  • Quality of Health Care*
  • United States
  • Workforce