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Call for Bridges Article Submission

Bridges is distributed to more than 6,000 members of the nursing education profession and the general public, and we are excited to invite you to share your expertise and experience with the ACEN community!

Submission Deadline:

March 17, 2025

Theme: The Value of Accreditation – What It Means For Our Program

We are seeking submissions that exemplify how ACEN accreditation has benefited your program, faculty, and/or you as a nurse educator.

For example, discuss how maintaining accreditation has provided your program with benefits such as:

• Programmatic outcomes (e.g. on-time completion rates, NCLEX passing rates, certification passing rates, student progression, job placement rates)
• Quality of education developed and delivered (e.g. revising/updating curriculum, upskilling faculty, implementing technology, expanding interprofessional education)
• Engaging/expanding community partnerships
  Recruiting and retaining faculty

Article specifications:

• 11-pt font, single-spaced
• 500-1000 words encouraged, slight spillover is OK (1 - 3 pages - it will be reformatted later for the publication)
• Photos of the author/education space/students preferred to be included with submission
• A creative title included is preferred, but one will be created if not included
• For appropriate author credit, please include name, credentials, and job title
• For any statistics or references included (if applicable), please include a reference (URL is preferred). While a reference list will not be published, hyperlinks will be integrated to enhance your article

Submitting your article:

Articles should be submitted via email to mbelgrave@acenursing.org on or before March 17, 2025.

Our ACEN Nurse Administrators and faculty are innovative experts and have a wealth of experience to share with those in the ACEN community.

Please consider sharing the various best practices that have been developed in your program to assist the program in meeting the accreditation standards.

As your partner in nursing education, we greatly look forward to reading your submission!