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 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 Kelley Ilic | Mar 18, 2020 | OCN News
Check out the Portland Business Journal’s recent article on COVID-19’s potential to impact Oregon’s nurse workforce. Article...
by Kelley Ilic | Mar 4, 2020 | OCN News
The Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) released a new report on nurse practitioners with surprising and important implications for public health policy makers, health care leaders, nurse educators and the nursing workforce. With a noticeable shortage of primary care...
by Kelley Ilic | Jan 17, 2020 | OCN News
A big thank you to each and every person who took time to respond to our recent stakeholder survey. The information and comments you provided will be instrumental in helping shape the work of Oregon Center for Nursing in the next decade, as we help you navigate the...
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...
