News: OCN in the News

Improving Cultural Competence in Nursing

Date posted: 2010-08-06 17:41:40

Nursing students, health care administrators and the community are invited to attend Nurturing Cultural Competence in Nursing: Promising Practices for Education and Healthcare, a conference presented by the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) and the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) to showcase outcomes of 13 projects designed to improve the cultural competence of nurses. The conference takes place on Thursday, November 4, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Governor Hotel.  Registration is $75 per person, with a $25 discount for students. 

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OCN Now Hiring StudentMAX Director

Date posted: 2010-06-18 11:00:03

The Oregon Center for Nursing seeks a Program Director for their innovative, web-based, centralized clinical placement software system, StudentMAX®.  Designed in 2004, the StudentMAX® system is used by the Portland Metro/SW Washington area and 13 other states to place nursing students in their clinical learning sites.  

The ideal StudentMAX® Program Director will understand the complex role of nursing, possess proven leadership and management skills, and be ready to use their innovation and future-oriented thinking to move StudentMAX® to the next level.  The Director must be able to market StudentMAX® and respond to customer needs on local, state-wide and national levels. Successful candidates will also demonstrate excellent communication skills and a track record of collaboration.

For more information, please view the entire job announcement.

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Man Enough To Be A Nurse?

Date posted: 2010-05-21 17:56:51

Jennifer Fink highlighted the Oregon Center for Nursing's "Are You Man Enough To Be A Nurse?" recruitment campaign in a recent article for scrubsmag.com.

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LTC Leadership Network Breakfast Announced

Date posted: 2010-05-05 11:58:16

The Oregon Center for Nursing is proud to announce the 2010 Long Term Care Leadership Network Breakfast Series.  Please visit the Long Term Care Leadership page for more information on the events. 

Thank you to our event co-sponsors, Oregon Health Care Association, Marquis Care Vermont Hills, Mary's Woods at Marylhurst and Avamere at Hillsboro for hosting these education and networking opportunities.

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PSU Recruits Research Participants

Date posted: 2010-04-23 16:12:46

Deborah Ford, Portland State University (PSU) is conducting a research study to investigate how hospital culture and nurse characteristics at work influence nurses’ performance, commitment, job satisfaction, and stress.

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HRSA Faculty Loan Program Opens

Date posted: 2010-04-19 11:18:34

The Division of Nursing is pleased to announce the funding opportunity for the 2010 Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP).  The 2010 NFLP funding opportunity will be used to award both the regular NFLP appropriation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-NFLP funding.  Applicants may apply to one or both of these funding requests using this single program guidance.  The ARRA funding option will be addressed during Phase 2 of the application process.

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OCN Recruits StudentMAX Regional Coordinator

Date posted: 2010-04-07 13:41:59

The Oregon Center for Nursing is currently accepting resumes for a StudentMAX Regional Coordinator.  For more information, please view the complete job description.

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Career Satisfaction Report Released

Date posted: 2010-03-26 10:38:49

Career Satisfaction Among Oregon’s Registered Nurses: A Report from the Oregon Center for Nursing was released today.

The report is based on Oregon Center for Nursing’s survey of nurses across all sectors of nursing and in all regions of Oregon.  The survey results yielded a wealth of information regarding current levels of career satisfaction and allowed the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) to quantify data, previously only available in anecdotal form.    Survey results showed most Oregon nurses are satisfied with their career and their satisfaction levels have grown in recent years.  Thank you to all the nurses who responded to the OCN survey and spoke so eloquently about their work and their commitment to quality patient care.

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Oregon Faculty Loan Repayment Program Open

Date posted: 2010-03-23 10:37:22

The Oregon Faculty Loan Repayment Program, established in the 2009, is now accepting applications!  Please visit the Oregon Student Assistance Commission for more information on how to apply for these funds.

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Oregon Takes the Lead

Date posted: 2010-03-16 15:22:36

Oregon Takes the Lead in Addressing the Nursing Shortage: A collaborative effort to recruit and educate nurses
American Journal of Nursing, March 2010
Volume 110, No. 3

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Leadership Conference Materials Available On-line

Date posted: 2010-03-15 17:43:12

Conference materials from the Leadership at the Point of Care: The Critical Role of the Nurse Manager in 2010 are now available on-line.

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Leadership Conference Repeat Success

Date posted: 2010-03-09 10:44:13

On February 25-26, 2010, the Oregon Center for Nursing hosted the Leadership at the Point of Care: The Critical Role of the Nurse Manager in 2010 conference in Portland, Oregon.

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