Generational Differences and Professional Membership

The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) is celebrating 50 years of providing leadership, professional development, advocacy, and research to advance nursing practice and patient care, promoting nursing leadership excellence and shaping public policy for health care nationwide. Fifty years of success comes from dedication, commitment, and hard work, as well as open-mindedness and adaptability. Organizations, especially professional associations, that fail to evolve inevitably lose momentum and at some point could face failure. In fact, only 12.2% of the Fortune 500 companies in 1955 were still on that list in 2014, and almost 88% of the companies have either gone bankrupt, merged, or have fallen from the top Fortune 500 companies.1