November 01, 2022
OCN Report
The capacity and resilience of Oregon’s nursing workforce have been severely stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbating pre-existing problems. This comprehensive report provides an overview of Oregon’s nurse workforce, outlines current challenges facing nurse...
April 20, 2022
OCN Report
- To fill the need for nurses in Oregon, employers traditionally rely on RNs migrating to Oregon to practice.
- If the number of endorsing RNs practicing in Oregon continues to fall, Oregon’s smallest counties are at risk of not being able to recruit enough R...
March 10, 2022
OCN Report
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many issues facing the nursing workforce in Oregon, including the disruption of the nursing education pipeline, increased stress levels and burnout among nurses, and nurses leaving their positions. The issues affecting the nursing wor...
October 07, 2021
OCN Report
Turnover among the nursing workforce is a global issue with a significant impact on the delivery of high quality care and the financial performance of healthcare systems. High levels of turnover among nurses increase workgroup conflict, decrease unit cohesion, and reduce ...
April 20, 2021
OCN Report
Early in the pandemic, much concern was focused on an adequate supply of COVID-19 testing supplies, inventories of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the disruption of the nursing education pipeline as clinical education sites restricted access. Many nurse leaders w...
January 22, 2021
OCN Report
Recent studies in Oregon provide compelling evidence of a nursing workforce maldistribution across geographic areas, practice settings, and even across nurses’ careers. The original intent of the work on maldistribution was to encourage communities to explore customized...
September 18, 2020
OCN Report
In the winter of 2020, the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) began a series of meetings designed to bring nursing leaders from both clinical and educational settings together regularly to discuss new and emerging issues during the pandemic. These virtual meetings have ident...