April 20, 2020
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 healthcare professionals and policymakers work with … Read more
March 18, 2020
Check out the Portland Business Journal’s recent article on COVID-19’s potential to impact Oregon’s nurse workforce.
Read MoreMarch 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
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