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AONL recognizes that excellent leadership is essential to ensure excellent patient care. The AONL Nurse Executive Competencies describe skills common to nurses in executive practice regardless of educational level or titles in different organizations and are presented as information for nurse leaders as well as those who employ or work with them. The competencies include:

  • Communication and relationship building
  • Knowledge of the health care environment
  • Leadership
  • Professionalism
  • Business skills

These competencies can be used by nurse executives, nurse leaders and nurse educators as a self-assessment tool, useful in the identification of career growth areas.  They may also be used by health care organizations as guidelines to assist in the creation of job descriptions, expectations and evaluations of nurse leaders. They can also be used by nurse educators as a curriculum guideline for the educational preparation of nurses seeking expertise and knowledge in executive practice.