2026 MONA/MONL Nurse Leadership Forum

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REGISTRATION OPENS SOON for the MONA/MONL 2026 Nurse Leadership Forum!

The Missouri Nurses Association and Missouri Organization of Nurse Leaders 2026 Nurse Leadership Forum - Leading with Humanity: Building a Culture that Supports Nurses is scheduled for August 12th at the Capital Bluffs Event Center, located at 1616 Oilwell Rd Suite B, Jefferson City, MO 65101.

We invite front line nurses and nurse leaders from all care settings to collaborate in restoring a culture of civility through Communication, Collaboration, Consistency, and Compassion. The 2026 forum is an opportunity to explore with your peers how to overcome workplace challenges and improve the overall culture in the workplace. Topics will focus on caring for the nurse, practitioner emotional intelligence, psychological safety, cultivating trauma-informed leadership and the healing power of compassion. Collaboration and communication are vital to forging the future of care delivery in an environment where nurses want to work. We hope you will join us!

Click here for a copy of the agenda - Coming Soon!

Registration and exhibits open at 8:00 am and the program begins at 9:00 am. A continental breakfast is provided for all attendees at 8:00 am. Lunch will be served at 12:00 pm along with networking time with exhibitors participating. The forum will conclude at 3:15pm.

We hope you will choose to join us for the Nurse Leadership Forum on August 12!

REGISTRATION FEES:

$150.00 MONA & MONL Members
$250.00 Non-Members

Register now by clicking the Register>> button on this page

The first 50 people to register will receive a complimentary copy of the book Spark the Heart: Engineering Empathy in Your Organization by Dr. Nicole Price!

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: August 3, 2026

MONA & MONL Members - Make sure to have the discount code you received by email handy during registration to receive a discount on registration fees!

Non Members - Interested in receiving member pricing for the 2026 Nurse Leadership Forum? Join today!

Click here to join the Missouri Nurses Association (MONA)

Click here to join the Missouri Organization of Nurse Leaders (MONL)

Once your membership is processed, you will receive an email from staff providing you with a discount code to use during registration.

OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS

Should you require overnight accommodations during the event, below are a few hotels near to the conference location:

Courtyard Marriott – Jefferson City
610 Bolivar St, Jefferson City, MO 65101 | Phone: 573-761-1400 | Website

Capitol Plaza Hotel and Convention Center
415 W McCarty St, Jefferson City, MO 65101 | Phone: 573-635-1234 | Website

DoubleTree by Hilton
422 Monroe St, Jefferson City, MO 65101 | Phone: 573-636-5101 | Website

DISCLOSURES

Successful Completion – Attendees must pre-register, participate in all of the educational sessions and complete the online conference evaluation to receive a certificate of completion. The link to the online evaluation will be emailed to participants (to the email address provided at registration) upon conclusion of the activity.

Contact Hours - Participants meeting the successful completion requirements will receive 4.75 contact hours.

Relevant Financial Relationships – No relevant financial relationships were identified for any member of the planning committee or any presenter/author of program content.

Joint Provider – This conference was jointly provided by the Missouri Nurses Association, as a part of VTL Solutions and the VTL Center for Professional Development and the Missouri Organization of Nurse Leaders. 

ACCREDITATION

VTL Center for Professional Development is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

What is VTL Center for Professional Development? The Kansas State Nurses Association, Missouri Nurses Association and Nebraska Nurses Association formed a collaborative, namely the Midwest Multistate Division (Midwest MSD), which was renamed VTL Solutions in 2025, with the goal of promoting efficiencies and growth. As part of this collaborative, the VTL Center for Professional Development (Center for PD) was formed, which is accredited as an ANCC approver and provider of NCPD, to address the educational needs of nurses in each of the participating states.