Advocate Health and AONL: Grow Your Leadership Impact
Advocate Health has partnered with AONL (American Organization of Nursing Leadership) to bring high-impact leadership resources directly to you, along with exclusive group pricing on AONL membership and programs. Gain access to trusted education, practical tools and a nationwide community of nurse leaders navigating today’s complex healthcare landscape.
As part of this partnership, you can use your Advocate Health Educational Assistance Benefit to join or renew your AONL membership (based on your available balance). To qualify, complete one AONL education credit below.
How to Get Started
Step 1
Choose an AONL module below
Step 2
Register (log in or create an account)
Step 3
Complete the education (by June 30)
Step 4
Download your certificate
What happens next?
Complete your AONL education credit by June 30. Memberships will be activated in early August, and you’ll receive details about your benefits and next steps at that time.
Take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen your leadership skills today!
AONL Education Modules
Bundle 1: Design That Heals: Transforming Health Care Environments Through Leadership
Continuing Education: 1.2 CE
Description:
This bundle explores how the built environment shapes care, connection and outcomes in health care. Through practical tools and reflective insights, nurse leaders will learn how to assess, interpret and influence physical spaces to better support patients, families and care teams.
Topics include workflow redesign using spaghetti diagramming, evaluating facilities through a leadership lens, understanding the impact of healing-centered and inclusive design, and decoding architectural plans to more effectively partner in space planning and improvement efforts.
Participants will leave with actionable strategies to identify design gaps, advocate for human-centered environments, and align physical space with safety, efficiency and a true sense of belonging in health care settings.
Courses Included (in sequence):
- Mapping the Mess: Applying Spaghetti Diagramming to Redesign Clinical Workflow
- The Kind Room: What Children Teach Us About Healing-Centered Design
- Belonging in the In-Between: Cultivating Third Places for Patients and Providers
- Fix This Place! A Nurse Leader's Guide to Facility Assessment
- Not Just a Chair and a Room: Why Design Choices Are Human Rights Decisions
- The Secret Language of Buildings: Cracking the Code of Architectural Plans
Bundle 2: Amplify Your Influence: Communication, Storytelling and Digital Presence for Nurse Leaders
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Description:
This bundle equips nurse leaders with practical strategies to communicate with clarity, build influence, and expand their presence both inside and outside their organizations. Through focused, actionable lessons, participants will learn how to create meaningful content using the Rule of Thirds, leverage language that drives engagement and trust and use storytelling to elevate the voice of nursing.
The bundle also explores modern leadership tools, including podcasting and digital platforms, to extend reach and impact, while offering strategies to reclaim time and communicate more intentionally in a fast-paced environment.
Participants will leave with tangible techniques to strengthen their voice, connect with diverse audiences, and lead with greater influence across clinical, organizational and digital spaces.
Courses Included (in sequence):
- The Rule of Thirds: What to Post and When
- Language of Influence
- Taking Back Your Time
- The Power of Storytelling in Nursing
- Using Podcasts as a Leadership Tool
Bundle 3: Emotional Intelligence in Action
Continuing Education: 1 CE
Description:
This bundle focuses on the practical application of emotional intelligence as a core leadership capability. Designed for nurse leaders, these microlearning sessions explore how self-awareness, reflection, and personal accountability shape leadership effectiveness and team outcomes.
Participants will learn how to activate emotional intelligence in everyday interactions, lead across generational differences, and intentionally design healthier work environments grounded in alignment, trust, and accountability. The bundle also highlights strengths-based leadership approaches to help leaders recognize, develop and maximize the natural talents of their teams.
By the end of this bundle, leaders will be equipped with actionable strategies to enhance self-leadership, strengthen team dynamics, and create environments where both individuals and teams can thrive.
Courses Included (in sequence):
- Activating Emotional Intelligence as Your Leadership Superpower
- Cultivating Self-Leadership: Awareness, Reflection & Personal Accountability
- Designing Healthy Work Environments Through Alignment & Accountability
- Leading Multigenerational Teams with Emotional Intelligence
- Strengths-Based Leadership: Maximizing What Your Team Naturally Does Well