Bringing leaders from health care practice and industry together to discuss important issues and brainstorm next steps to move the needle on hot topics in nursing and health care.
Upcoming Think Tank Programs
Artificial Intelligence and Nurse Leaders: Learning Together
This Think Tank will be focused on use cases for artificial intelligence (AI) in nursing, the state of education for nurses and nurse leaders about AI and how nurse leaders can get involved in AI initiatives and professional development.
If you are a health care industry company and would like to learn more about how to sponsor and be involved in this program, please fill out this form.
Promoting Workplace Safety and Preventing Violence Through the Nursing Leadership Lens
December 15, 2023
This program was made possible thanks to our participating sponsor: Motorola Solutions.
This Think Tank explored what healthcare organizations are doing to improve safety and prevent violence, as well as explore new technologies being used for these initiatives.
This program was made possible thanks to our participating sponsor: Beckman Coulter.
This Think Tank explored key topics such as data literacy of leadership, solutions and systems integration, ease of access across technology, and more. AONL and others are working in this space to identify innovations and solutions with the goal of improving the way health care works.
This program was made possible thanks to our participating sponsors: CareRev, Healthcare Plus Solutions Group, MentorLead, and Dignity Health Global Education.
Workforce topics remain among the top, if not the top concern for nurse leaders. This Think Tank program explored strategies and factors around retaining today’s new-to-practice nurses.
Exploring Social Media Through the Nurse Leader Lens
August 31, 2023
This Think Tank explored social media through the nurse leader perspective. Participants saw an early preview of results of the study currently in the field “Understanding the Current State of Nurse Leaders’ Social Media Engagement,” and had an opportunity to react to those findings.
This program was made possible thanks to our participating sponsors: Laudio and Beckman Coulter.
This Think Tank focused on technology solutions that can help nurse leaders be more effective and efficient in their roles. Leaders explored how implementing technology tools improve the way the nurse manager works and benefit their teams, and explored strategies to make the case for bringing these tools into their organizations.
This Think Tank explored issues faced by the nurse leader workforce such as staff retention, workload, and the scope of the role. The deconstruction and examination of the role of nurse manager was discussed as a topic of interest for future AONL work.
Innovative Technology, Virtual Nursing and Artificial Intelligence
December 7, 2022
Made possible thanks to our sponsors: Hellocare by Solaborate, AvaSure, Caregility, and Artisight.
This Think Tank examined virtual nursing, the viability of this technology, and what is needed to for the technology to be adapted by more healthcare organizations.
Made possible thanks to our participating sponsors: Current Health, a Best Buy Health Company, and Johnson & Johnson Nursing.
Featuring a case study from Atrium Health, this Think Tank explored the growing importance of hospital-at-home care models, and discussions around the importance of nurse leaders advocating for the adoption of these programs.
