Show your commitment to academic nurse educators and join the NC-ANE Board of Directors! The nomination committee is issuing a Call for Nominations for multiple open positions on its Board of Directors. Submit your nomination or self-nomination on or before August 1, 2024. You may download the consent to serve and the conflict-of-interest forms from this link:https://lnkd.in/erM9YpQK. Submit the completed forms and a brief bio sketch (which will serve as the nomination application) to nc.anenominations@gmail.com.

The term of service for all positions is January 2025-December 2026.

On May 18, 2024, the founding members and officers of the National Consortium of Academic Nurse Educators, Inc. (NC-ANE) announced the official launch of the organization. The event took place via Zoom from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, with the presence of 58 active members.

NC-ANE President, Dr. Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo, called the official launching ceremony in action by providing a brief history of NC-ANE and how nurse educators across the US came together via an online platform to discuss the current struggles faced by them, which led to the official start of NC-ANE in 2023. Dr. Zelda Suzan, director-at-large, was the moderator of this virtual launch and efficiently coordinated the entire event.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Amy Hall, Dean of SON-Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, AL, delivered a highly engaging and remarkable keynote speech on self-care, joy, and happiness with examples from the realm of genetic research. The key takeaway from her speech was that, irrespective of their busy schedules, every nursing professional is expected to engage in a self-care practice of their choice to improve their own energy and health so that they can better focus on their assigned tasks in their practice settings.

Following this, Dr. Edwin-Nikko Kabigting, research co-chair of NC-ANE, highlighted the NC-ANE’s achievements on various research projects and how the members of the organization disseminated these works via publications and presentations, which was inspiring to the attendees. Dr. Susan Seibold-Simpson, co-president elect and the current lead of the organization’s ‘Delphi Research Study’ on the academic nursing shortage, shared the progress of the study and the current and future plans to disseminate the findings from this work. These presentations were followed by the induction ceremony, where all the current officers took the pledge and announced their dedication and commitment to serve the NC-ANE with their full potential to support the mission and vision of the organization. Dr. Amy Hall, who was the keynote speaker, recited the induction pledge for all the officers. The virtual launch concluded at 1 p.m. with closing remarks from Dr. Catherine Quay, co-president elect of NC-ANE. 

NC-ANE will have a presence in this year’s 35th Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society Nursing Research Congress to be held in Singapore on July 28-30, 2024. A group of NC-ANE members will present a symposium, “The academic nurse educator crisis: A call to action.” Should you be in attendance during this conference, be sure to attend our symposium.

Kabigting, E-N. R. (2024). The academic nurse educator crisis: A call to action. Symposium Organizer and Moderator. Presentation at the 35th International Nursing Research Congress, July 28-30, Singapore. [Peer-Reviewed].

Kubanick, V.A., Brown, F. M. Jr., & Lee, J. (2024). The academic nurse educator crisis: Strategic call to action for consumers of healthcare. Symposium Panelists in “The academic nurse educator crisis: A call to action” at the 35th International Nursing Research Congress, July 28-30, Singapore. [Peer-Reviewed].

Kabigting, E-N. R. & Holt, T. (2024). The academic nurse educator crisis: Policy considerations for enhancing health. Symposium Panelists in “The academic nurse educator crisis: A call to action” at the 35th International Nursing Research Congress, July 28-30, Singapore. [Peer-Reviewed].

Pajarillo, E.J.Y., Brown, F.M. Jr. & Doria, J. B. (2024). The academic nurse educator crisis: Harnessing resources of educational institutions and healthcare organizations. Symposium Panelists in “The academic nurse educator crisis: A call to action” at the 35th International Nursing Research Congress, July 28-30, Singapore. [Peer-Reviewed].

Wall. C. & Quay, C. (2024). The academic nurse educator crisis: leveraging the power of professional nursing organizations. Symposium Panelists in “The academic nurse educator crisis: A call to action” at the 35th International Nursing Research Congress, July 28-30, Singapore. [Peer-Reviewed].

There will be several members of NC-ANE presenting during this year’s 36th Annual Eastern Nursing Research Society Conference to be at the Boston Park Hotel on April 4 -5, 2024. Four are podium presentations and two are posters. Join us during these presentations!

Holt, T. (2024). Policy implications to improve work life balance of academic nurse educators. Podium Presentation at the at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, Eastern Nursing Research Society, April 4 – 5, Boston Park Plaza, MA. [Peer Reviewed]

Kabigting, E-N. R. (2024). The effects of the shortage of academic nurse educators to consumers of healthcare. Podium Presentation at the at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, Eastern Nursing Research Society, April 4 – 5, Boston Park Plaza, MA. [Peer Reviewed]

Kaufman, D. (2024). Leveraging the resources of health care organizations to improve health and wellness of academic nurse educators. Poster Presentation at the at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, Eastern Nursing Research Society, April 4 – 5, Boston Park Plaza, MA. [Peer Reviewed]

Pajarillo, E. J. Y. (2024). Academic institutional models to help recruit and retain academic nurse educators. Podium Presentation at the at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, Eastern Nursing Research Society, April 4 – 5, Boston Park Plaza, MA. [Peer Reviewed]

Quay, C. (2024). Harnessing the power of professional organizations to address the academic nurse educator shortage. Podium Presentation at the at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, Eastern Nursing Research Society, April 4 – 5, Boston Park Plaza, MA. [Peer Reviewed]

Sciarra, E. (2024). Educational institutions: Alleviating the academic nurse educator shortage. Poster Presentation at the at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions, Eastern Nursing Research Society, April 4 – 5, Boston Park Plaza, MA. [Peer Reviewed]

Two research presentations will be conducted by two groups of NC-ANE members during the April 17-20, 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT. These are:

Doria, J.B., Vardaman, S.A., Pajarillo, E.J.Y., Kabigting, E-N.R., Logan, L., Sciarra, E., Davis. S.P., Feeney, S., Baker, J., Seibold-Simpson, S., & Bajwa, M. (2024). The academic nursing educators shortage: Stopping the leak, replenishing the well. Poster presentation at Western Institute of Nursing, April 17-20, Salt Lake City, UT [Peer Reviewed]

Holt, T. D., Kabigting, E-N. R., Pajarillo, E. J. Y., Miller, K. S., Bajwa, M., Lee, J. & Seibold-Simpson, S. M. (2024). Academic nurse educator shortage: Policy implications on health and equity. Podium Presentation at Western Institute of Nursing, April 17-20, Salt Lake City, UT [Peer Reviewed]