The professional development topic categories were leadership, knowledge of healthcare, communication/relationship building, professional development/advancing the profession, and business skills. The leadership topics were as follows:
1. creating vision; visionary leadership
2. leading effective teams
3. evidence-based practice; leading translation of evidence into management and clinical decision-making
4. leading complexity and complex adaptive systems
5. coaching: integrating into your leadership practice, learning, and competency development
6. succession planning; identifying and developing leadership potential in staff, developing emerging leaders
7. mentoring the diverse nurse leader
8. leading in matrix organizations; best practices in nursing leadership
9. role of nurse leaders in emergencies/disasters
10. innovation in nursing