Crosswalking the AACN Essentials Competencies With the 4Ms Competencies for Age-Friendly Nursing Home Care
Kenna Campbell, Erin Kitt-Lewis, Elizabeth Schlenk, Howard DegenholtzBackground:
The Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms framework (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility) is an evidence-based approach to improving care for older adults in long-term care settings; however, its integration into nursing curricula is limited. This project establishes a relationship between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Problem: The
AACN
Approach:
Eight 4Ms-based competencies were developed and crosswalked with Level 1 and 2 competencies from the AACN
Outcomes:
The crosswalk showed strong overlap, especially in collaboration and person-centered care, and produced 4 flexible competency sets for undergraduate and graduate education.
Conclusions:
Aligning nursing competencies with the 4Ms addresses a key workforce gap and provides practical competency mapping to strengthen age-friendly curricula and training.