by Jana Bitton | Jul 21, 2020 | OCN News
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 under the supervision of a physician. In other states, like Oregon, NPs...
by Jana Bitton | Apr 20, 2020 | OCN News
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, Summer Olympics, a presidential election. Only three months into the year, the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the world we live in. As...
by Jana Bitton | Sep 9, 2019 | OCN News
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 easy to feel discouraged and think things aren’t getting better. And...
by Jana Bitton | Jul 19, 2019 | OCN News
We were thrilled to be contacted by the Portland Business Journal and included in their recent edition of How Oregon Works. Check out our article below! Portland Business Journal...
by Jana Bitton | Apr 5, 2019 | OCN News
Back in 2002, when the Oregon Center for Nursing was first created, there was an evidence-based concern that the nation would be facing a potentially catastrophic shortage of nurses by 2010. When 2010 came around, as one of the only positive outcomes of the Great...
