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The ��������Fellow designation focuses on the achievement of exemplary nursing leadership with specific attention given to:

• Leadership contributions and outcomes recognized at the regional, national and/or global levels.
• Contributions to ��������with outcomes.
• Reflection on how ��������has influenced the leader’s professional development.

It is recognized that nursing leaders may be exceptional in their jobs within organizations, making a significant and positive impact on those who work for them, on the outcomes of clinical care, and on the achievement of organizational goals. Nurse leaders wishing to achieve ��������Fellow Designation are highly effective within employment, but beyond their jobs also make contributions at the professional level that may include but are not limited to:

• Conduct and dissemination of research.
• Professional publications.
• Professional presentations that disseminate innovative work that can be replicated.
• Demonstration that their innovations have been implemented and adopted by other employers/settings.
• Attainment of professional leadership roles within professional associations.
• Function as a trustee on a governance board.
• Advancement of public policy beyond advocacy.
• Local or national media presence within the domain of health and wellness.
• Formally acknowledgement for advancement of professional practice in the regional, national and/or global arena.

The applications are not redacted so the reviewers will know the names of the applicants. Very strict guidelines have been created for the reviewers. The guidelines will be discussed with the review team and each reviewer must commit to following them.

If the reviewer assigned to an application has knowledge about the applicant’s leadership performance that would in any way influence that reviewer’s decision, that reviewer must recuse him/herself from that application. Only information provided in the application will be considered in the review process.

All information about every applicant to the ��������Fellow Designation Program is to be held in total confidentiality. No discussion or communication of the information outside the review process is permitted.

Authors of support letters must have direct, sufficient knowledge of the applicant that will allow them to expand on the contributions and outcomes to both exemplary leadership practice beyond the applicant’s role scope and employment site as well as to AONL. At least one author should include the applicant’s contributions to and engagement in ��������in his/her letter.

Current ��������board members and F��������selection committee members are not eligible to write letters of support.

The applicant is responsible for verifying that at least one support letter author holds current ��������membership and receiving the author’s membership number. to find current ��������members.