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The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments seeks applicants for the fifth cohort of its Environmental Health Nurse Fellowships.
Nursing leaders exhibiting authentic leadership characteristics can strengthen nursing practice environments, including professional engagement, interprofessional relationships, workforce retention and quality of care outcomes, a study found.
New York University Langone Health launched a career ladder program to provide nurse support staff with standardized advancement opportunities aimed at reducing turnover.
AONL invites nurse leaders to register for a facilitated discussion on elevating nurse leaders’ voices in maternal health on Sept. 9 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.
Nurses seeking leadership certifications should consider their responsibility level, the continuing education hours required to keep the certification current and their organization’s preference in determining which ones to pursue, states an article posted to Sermo, a physician-community website.
AONL encourages nurses to apply for Johnson & Johnson and TIME’s inaugural Healthcare Champion of the Year Award. The award will honor “an individual healthcare professional whose leadership and impact reflect the highest calling of the profession.”
AONL and 56 other Nursing Community Coalition members urged the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs leaders to advance the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act of 2025 (S. 3296).
AONL will host a webinar on its refreshed Nurse Leader Competency Framework on Aug. 13 at 1:00 ET. AONL recently updated the core leadership competencies to reflect healthcare’s growing complexity and evolving leadership expectations.
Every nurse leader I know can point to a moment in time when a colleague's encouragement, a mentor's counsel, or a room full of peers changed their career trajectory. For thousands of AONL members, those moments happen in our local state and regional chapters.
The 2026 AONL Nurse Leader Competency Framework provides a modern, evidence-based roadmap for leadership development across nursing roles, practice settings and career stages