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Voice of Nursing Leadership

 

AONL’s bi-monthly member only magazine informs members about the best practices in nursing leadership across the continuum of care. Its themed issues delve into topics vital to nurse leaders at every level, helping them understand the dynamics in public policy and care delivery shaping professional nursing practice. Members also will learn about upcoming programs and the activities of AONL’s affiliates.

November 2025 Issue: Leadership Practices

The November issue of Voice of Nursing Leadership focuses on leadership practices. Learn how a nurse manager changed the unit leadership model to include clinical team leads, creating more time for herself and other leaders to pursue important goals. Read about methods for improving professional governance at a regional medical center. Read a case study on how a CNO worked to ensure care continuity when a hospital’s medical practice faced challenges. This issue also includes articles on CNO strategies to smooth operations during mergers and acquisitions. In addition, learn how to calculate the return on investment on executive coaching and meet the new cohort of Emerging Professional Voices.

Featured Articles

Navigating New Challenges: Using Incident Commander Role to Smooth Mergers

Nov. 2025 | AONL Member Only

The past six years have brought novel and concurrent headwinds challenging health systems and their viability. The global pandemic, cyberattacks, natural disasters and federal legislation are only some of the major disruptors that have provided both opportunity and threat for health systems. A growing response to this distress is health system mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...
Authors Barbara Seymour

Working Behind the Scenes: Ensuring Medical Practice Continuity

Nov. 2025 | AONL Member Only

Nurse executives often work behind the scenes to ensure the health and stability of their organizations. This article details one example of this work, when hospital executives managed the continuation of medical services in an emergency department (ED)...

Authors: Donna J. Hefner, Jeffery Hudson-Covolo

Hot Topics | Improving Performance: Capabilities and Value of Executive Coaching

Nov. 2025 | AONL Member Only

Strategic investment in executive and leader performance coaching is one way for health care organizations to meet objectives and garner long-term success. Coaching provides personalized support for leaders, enhances onboarding and role transitions, and delivers both financial and non-financial benefits. By prioritizing coaching, organizations foster...
Authors Colleen Chappe, Cathy Philpott

Elevating Care, Inspiring Trust: Nursing Leadership in High Reliability

Sept. 2025 | AONL Member Only

In the ever-evolving world of health care, nursing leaders play a pivotal role in ensuring not just the quality of care, but also its consistency and safety. Organizations can help build a strong safety culture by training all leaders and employees in reliability skills. (Clapper, 2019). The journey to high reliability is one of continuous learning, adaptation, and, most importantly...
Authors Claire Lauzon-Vallone

 

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Leadership Practices

November 2025
As I write this final column as AONL president, I am filled with gratitude. Over the past four years...

Author Deborah Zimmermann

High-Reliability Organizations

Septemebr 2025
In the face of growing complexity, constant change, and remarkable possibility in health care, one truth stands firm...

Author Deborah Zimmermann

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Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM is published bi-monthly by the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL), a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association. Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM is published for AONL members only and is not available for subscription. All opinions expressed in Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM are those of the authors and not necessarily those of AONL or the institution with which the authors are affiliated, unless expressly stated. Naming of products or services does not constitute an endorsement by AONL. © 2021 AONL. All rights reserved. Voice of Nursing LeadershipTM may be reproduced only by permission. Send reprint requests and all other inquiries to the editor.