JONA column details AONL updates to Nurse Leader Core Competencies

AONL has revised its Nurse Leader Core Competencies to account for contemporary nurse leader responsibilities and address workforce, safety and operational challenges. The organization explains the changes in a column in the June issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration, saying the update provides an evidence-based framework that improves expectations for professional identity, clinical reasoning, interprofessional identity and health equity across all leadership roles in every practice setting. More than 20 academic and practice leaders from various healthcare settings participated in the update, and multiple AONL committees and the AONL Board weighed in on revisions and approval. The competencies are “actionable, measurable and universally applicable.” AONL encourages nurse leaders to use the competencies to spur care transformation, improve workforce outcomes and advance the nursing profession.