by Kelley Ilic | Jun 16, 2020 | OCN News
The Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN), the state’s leading nursing workforce research organization, today released a new report showing how nurses’ tendencies to work in certain settings change as they gain more nursing experience. “The results of this study clearly...
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 | May 19, 2020 | OCN News
Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) recently released a new infographic on Oregon’s nursing education programs. Combined with OCN’s reports on nursing maldistribution in Oregon, the infographic shows how the pipeline of Oregon’s future nurses continues to evolve. “Oregon...
by Kelley Ilic | May 6, 2020 | OCN News
The Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN), the state’s leading organization on nursing workforce issues, today released a new infographic, “RN Self-Care Rx,” with self-care information for Oregon’s nurses. The infographic was created in response to the increased stress...
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...
