title: Quality care for older adults: the NLN Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES) project.
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.
authors.affiliation: National League for Nursing, USA. etagliareni@nln.org
authors.forename: M Elaine
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tagliareni
authors.forename: Daniel D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Cline
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mengel
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce