Master essential leadership skills, financial management and conflict resolution with this high-impact program designed for early-career and experienced nurse managers alike.
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Learn virtually anywhere with other leaders from around the world with the Virtual Nurse Manager Institute (NMI). This interactive program combines lecture, discussion, reflective practice, experiential learning and self-assessment.
Effective onboarding retains new nurse managers. As your new leaders advance in their leadership journey—let AONL show them the way forward.
Leadership skills are essential for nurses in any role. This program is designed to provide leadership development for nurses who have roles where they need to lead through influencing practice.
The Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML®) exam is built on the four practice areas of financial management; human resource management; performance improvement; and strategic management and technology.
For those not attending AONL 2026: Inspiring Leaders, the conference content will be available for purchase in an on-demand format.
Speech Thomas, the two-time Grammy Award-winning founder and lead singer of ’90s socially conscious hip-hop group Arrested Development, challenged attendees to cultivate what he called brave leadership.
Hollywood filmmaker Saul Blinkoff, who went from an aspiring artist to an animated feature director, challenged audience members to pursue lives of purpose and growth.
Christi Zuber, PhD, RN, a nurse leader and longtime practitioner of human-centered design in health care, urged attendees at the AONL 2026 to embrace creativity as a core leadership competency, arguing that it may be the profession's most underutilized asset.
Three nurse lawmakers urged attendees at AONL 2026 to embrace civic engagement, arguing that the profession's core skills make nurses uniquely equipped for elected office.