by Ruby Jason | Apr 7, 2021 | OCN Partner News
The Mission of the Board The Oregon Board of Nursing (OSBN) protects the public by regulating nursing education, licensure, and practice. Under this authority, incivility and bullying, inasmuch as they affect patient care, fall into the purview of the OSBN. Any action...
by Kelley Ilic | Jun 10, 2020 | OCN News, OCN Partner News
As part of healthcare education, students must practice certain procedures using personal protective equipment (PPE) such as surgical masks, gloves, and hand sanitizer. However, almost all nursing and healthcare programs donated their PPE to hospitals to prepare for...
by Kelley Ilic | Apr 23, 2020 | OCN News, OCN Partner News
The Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN), the state’s leading organization on nursing workforce issues, donated 5,000 disposable face masks to the Oregon Health Care Association (OHCA). “Given the recent news about the number of COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities...
by Kelley Ilic | Dec 2, 2019 | OCN News, OCN Partner News, Uncategorized
Nurse residencies, or transition-to-practice programs, are an essential element to helping new nurse graduates and nurses moving into new settings begin practice in an efficient way. In 2010, the National Academy of Medicine released its landmark report “The Future of...
by Kelley Ilic | Aug 8, 2018 | OCN News, OCN Partner News
Resource gains national recognition as meaningful approach to increase safety Lake Oswego, Ore. – August 8, 2018 – Today, Governor Kate Brown joined Oregon’s hospitals, doctors’ organizations, nurses’ organization, and organized labor groups in announcing a new...
by Kelley Ilic | Nov 17, 2017 | Nursing News Archives, OCN Partner News
The Immigrant Nurse Credentialing (INC) Program, a new RN re-entry program approved by the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN), is a partnership between WorkSystems, Inc. and the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO). “Internationally educated nurses...
