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.

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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