AONL CNML Certified Nurse Manager and Leader Vocabulary Game
Exam terms with clues and explanations by OpenExamPrep.
About the AONL CNML Certified Nurse Manager and Leader Vocabulary Games
4 free word games built on 20 AONL CNML Certified Nurse Manager and Leader terms across 11 topics. Every game deals terms at random and shows what each term means, so you can keep playing as long as you like.
How to Play
- 1.Read the clue and type the term (3 to 6 letters).
- 2.Green: right spot. Yellow: wrong spot. Gray: not in the term.
- 3.Solve it in 6 tries, then read the explanation.
- 1.Swap two neighboring tiles to line up 3 of the same term.
- 2.Longer lines, two lines at once and chains score more.
- 3.Play until no swap can make a line.
- 1.Flip two cards. A matching pair stays face up.
- 2.Each pair you find shows what the term means.
- 3.Clear the board in as few moves as you can.
- 1.Find each listed term in the letter grid.
- 2.Drag across its letters: across, down or diagonally.
- 3.Find all five as fast as you can.
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Free CETopics in the AONL CNML Certified Nurse Manager and Leader Vocabulary Game
Effective communication
Relationship management
Patient safety and quality
Nursing research
Change management
Decision making
Care disparities
Professional accountability
Financial management
Strategic management
Human resources
Sources for these terms (21)
- Tool: SBAR · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Monitoring and Modifying the Plan: Huddle · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Sharing the Care Plan: Brief · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Use the Teach-Back Method: Tool 5 · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Observing Patient Care Rounds · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Root Cause Analysis · Source checked 2026-11-04
- What Is Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing? · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Publicly Reported DRA HAC Measures Frequently Asked Questions · Source checked 2026-11-04
- How to Improve: Model for Improvement: Testing Changes · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Kotter Methodology · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Section 4: Ways To Approach the Quality Improvement Process (Page 2 of 2) · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Developing a Community Engagement Plan · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Social Determinants of Health · Source checked 2026-11-04
- About the 2025 Code of Ethics for Nurses · Source checked 2026-11-04
- The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Hospital CAHPS (HCAHPS) · Source checked 2026-11-04
- Small Business Health Care Tax Credit and the SHOP Marketplace · Source checked 2026-11-04
- The 8 Steps for Leading Change · Source checked 2026-11-04
About the CNML Exam
The AONL CNML credential validates front-line nurse-manager competency across communication and relationship building, health care environment and clinical principles, leadership, professionalism, and business skills and principles.
Exam sponsor: AONL. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Questions
115 questions
Time Limit
2 hours
Passing Score
75 of 100 scored
Exam / Certification Fees
$300 AONL member / $450 non-member per the current CNML FAQ; the landing page still shows $425
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the CNML vocabulary game free?
Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.
How do the CNML vocabulary games work?
There are 4 games built on 20 CNML terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.
Where do the CNML terms come from?
OpenExamPrep researched each term from the AONL content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.
How many questions are on the AONL CNML exam?
The CNML exam has 115 multiple-choice questions: 100 scored and 15 unscored pretest items mixed in randomly.
How long do I have to complete the CNML exam?
Test takers have 2 hours to complete the CNML exam, which works out to roughly one minute per item.