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  • New Study Outlines Drawbacks to Reliance on Nurse Migration

    April 14, 2022

    Oregon’s healthcare providers have long relied on nurse migration from other states to fill open nursing positions. A new study from the Oregon Center for Nursing (OCN) demonstrates how this reliance on nurse migration impacts employers and communities in different ways. “Though Oregon doubled enrollment in our nursing education programs in the early 2000s, the … Read more

  • OCN Finds Critical Lack of Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care

    March 04, 2020

    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 providers throughout the state, assumptions have been made that trained and licensed nurse practitioners (NPs) could … Read more

  • Check Out OCN’s Article in Portland Business Journal

    July 19, 2019

    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!

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  • Conversation Around Workforce Focuses on Maldistribution

    June 21, 2019

    The Oregon Center for Nursing’s (OCN) recently released a new report on the nursing workforce, “Shortage or Maldistribution: Shifting the Conversation Around Oregon’s Nursing Workforce.” The report provides updated, detailed information on nursing professionals in Oregon, and looks at how those numbers have changed in recent years. “For years, nursing communities across the nation have discussed an impending … Read more

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