Awards & Recognition
AONL and AONL Foundation awards and fellow designation recognize honorees for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the nursing leadership community.
Recognizes an AONL Affiliate that promotes nursing leadership and its influence in the areas of the advancement of nursing practice, patient safety, quality, recruitment and retention, or another priority initiative and can serve as a model.
AONL’s most prestigious award given to an AONL member recognized by the broader nursing community as a significant leader in the nursing profession.
Recognizes an individual who supports AONL’s mission and contributes to advancing health care through AONL’s core business.
Recognizes an AONL or AONL Foundation program alumnus who exhibits significant potential as a future health care leader and demonstrates exemplary leadership within his or her organization, community and the nursing profession.
Recognizes a nurse in executive practice who is an exemplary in supporting the professional development of colleagues by serving as a mentor or advisor. Embodies the definition of a mentor as a “trusted counselor or guide”.
Recognizes an organization or individual who has advanced diversity efforts within the nursing profession, organization or community. Diversity is the ability to hold multiple perspectives without judgment based on age, spirituality, cognitive/physical ability, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status.
The AONL Foundation Nurse Researcher Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to nursing and health systems research.
Recognizes an AONL Affiliate that promotes nursing leadership and its influence in the areas of the advancement of nursing practice, patient safety, quality, recruitment and retention, or another priority initiative and can serve as a model.