
Nurse Manager Fellowship
Breadcrumb
The AONL Nurse Manager Fellowship is a year-long professional development program designed to target the unique leadership development needs of nurse managers through an in-depth environment of learning. The fellowship program seeks to prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance health, based on the Nurse Manager Learning Domain Framework, developed by AONL. Participants strengthen their current skills, master new competencies and continue the life-long learning needed for the next generation of successful nurse leaders.
2023 fellowship applications are now closed. Applications open for the 2024 cohort on June 12, 2023.


The Nurse Manager Fellowship includes
Fellowship retreats
Five required sessions.
COHORT OF PEERS
Develop a life-long, supportive network.
ATTENDANCE AT NATIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETINGS
The AONL Annual Conference, AONL Advocacy Day and the AHA Leadership Summit.
ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL LEARNING
Pre-AONL Advocacy Day prep webinar.
Program Dates & Locations
Session 1 | Jan. 22-26, 2026
Atlanta
Session 2 - AONL 2024 Annual Conference | April 8-11, 2024
New Orleans
Session 3 - AONL Advocacy Day | June 3-4, 2024
Washington D.C.
Session 4 -AHA Leadership Summit | July 19-23, 2024
Hybrid; San Diego, Calif.
Session 5 | Oct. 22-25, 2024
Chicago
Contact aonlfellowships@aha.org for questions.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
AONL complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and strives to ensure that no individual with a disability is deprived of the opportunity to participate in the program solely by reason of that disability. Through its agents, AONL will provide reasonable accommodations for a candidate with a disability who requests accommodations. Requests can be made by sending a written request 21 days in advance of the program. Contact AONL Fellowships for questions.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT AND NURSING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT
The American Organization for Nursing Leadership is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
AONL is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 15740.
The program offers attendees the opportunity to earn up to 55+ contact hours.