Understanding the Oregon Nursing Advancement Fund
As an Oregon nurse, you might have noticed a small surcharge on your license fee. This surcharge goes to the Oregon Nursing Advancement Fund, a crucial initiative to bolster the […]
Oregon Center for Nursing Evolves to Meet Nursing Needs
When the Oregon Center for Nursing was founded in 2002, the state faced a serious shortage of nurses in certain settings. Does this sound familiar? Today, the profession continues to […]
School Nurses Ready To Respond to COVID-19
Last month, when the Oregon Department of Education announced its new guidelines for school re-openings, one group was listening closely: school nurses. Before the pandemic, an Oregon school nurse’s job […]
Schools Transition to Virtual Simulation During Pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic descended in March 2020, colleges and universities across the United States closed classrooms and transitioned to Zoom lectures. Nursing programs, however, faced a unique challenge. Not […]
Finding Power Within the Pandemic
The year 2020 was supposed to be about a lot of things—the start of a new decade, the Year of the Nurse and Nurse Midwife, the Summer Olympics, and the […]
Nurse Practitioners: Oregon’s Answer to Primary Care Provider Shortages?
The scope of work and practice authority for nurse practitioners (NPs) varies widely across the United States. In some areas, NPs are restricted from prescribing medication or can practice only […]
5 Good Things Happening in the Nursing Workforce
It’s easy to point out the challenges facing Oregon’s nursing workforce. We write about them constantly. Extensively. Obsessively? When the focus centers on all the challenges and obstacles, it is […]
Exploring Oregon Nurse Maldistribution and its Workforce Impact
The Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) published its latest research, titled Shortage or Maldistribution: Shifting the Conversation Around Oregon’s Nursing Workforce. This comprehensive report provides updated information on Oregon’s nursing […]