Reputation for excellence. Presented annually through the joint sponsorship of INHL and Nursing at The University of Pennsylvania, this is one of the premier national conferences for executive nurse leaders in education and practice settings.
Community among nurse executives. The conference fosters a network of approximately 200 senior nurse leaders in teaching, research, policy, and practice, as well as in state and federal government. It uniquely promotes cross-fertilization of ideas across areas of practice and responsibility in order to analyze common problems and forge agendas for addressing them. Successive conferences build on ideas generated during the preceeding conferences.
June 11-13, 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders: Education and Practice: A Tapestry of Change and Challenge for Executive Nurse Leaders.
June 12-14, 2005 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders: Leadership At Its Best!
June 20-22, 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders: Policy and Politics: Implications for Practice and Patient Safety
May 29-30, 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2nd Jointly-Sponsored National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders: Evidence-Based Executive Nurse Practice
June 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts. 1st Jointly-Sponsored National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders: Creating New Environments for Care: Opportunities and Barriers for Executive Nurse Leaders
April 2001 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 5th National Invitational Conference for Executive Nursing Leadership in Academic Health Centers and Major Teaching Hospitals: Work Force Challenges in the 21st Century: Implications for Healthcare and Nursing
Early conferences 1995-1999. Starting in 1995, the first four conferences were produced
annually or biannually as the National Invitational Conference on Executive Nursing Leadership in Academic Centers and Major Teaching Hospitals. Since 2001, INHL has jointly presented this conference.