Oregon’s Consortium for Nursing Education is spotlighted in third AJN article

In collaboration with the Center to Champion Nursing in America, the American Journal of Nursing has developed a seven-part series on nursing education capacity: Uniting States, Sharing Strategies. Just released, the third article offers a deeper look at successful strategies for expanding education capacity, focusing this time on the unprecedented lead taken by Oregon. Through a partnership of eight community colleges and the five Oregon Health and Science University campuses, the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE) have developed new nursing competencies, a shared curriculum, and academic standards that have already seen results in an increase in the number of nurses pursuing bachelor’s degrees, which will help them accomplish their long-term goal—a better prepared nursing workforce.