Author: Dawne Schoenthal

Dawne Schoenthal is the Program Director for OCN and a national speaker on occupational well-being and workforce retention. She challenges the familiar language of resilience, wellness, self-care and shows why it often misses the mark. Dawne invites organizations to shift the frame: from treating symptoms to redesigning systems. Her message blends care and clarity: if we want to keep our workforce, we can’t just help people recover... we have to stop wearing them down.

Friday Huddle 2025: A Year of Nursing Workforce Conversations

Image of Zoom meeting participants from The Oregon Center Friday Huddle Event

Every Friday in 2025, Oregon’s nursing leaders, educators, and professionals gathered to share real-time workforce insights through the Friday Huddle. What began as a check-in evolved into the state’s only regular, open-access forum for candid, practical discussions across roles and regions. Now, with a full year complete, OCN reflects on the conversations that shaped the year and offers a look at what’s ahead.

Not Just Resilience: What It Really Takes to Support the Nursing Workforce

Cover image to webinar for RN Well-Being hosted by OCN

What if the path to nurse well-being didn’t start with resilience workshops, but with rethinking the systems that cause burnout? This blog explores how Oregon nurses are leading that shift through the Well-Being Project. Practical tools and real-world lessons from nurse-led pilots illuminate what happens when organizations listen, adapt, and act.

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