Oregon Association Unveils Ad Campaign to Attract Men to Nursing Profession. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (11/14/2002)
...last year found that one in five Oregon nursing jobs will go unfilled by 2010...medical care. That's why the Oregon Center for Nursing, a nonprofit dedicated to solving...poster to every middle and high school in the state. "We need to ...

The need for nurses.(Editorials)(Oregon faces nursing shortage as population ages)(Editorial) The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) (6/1/2008)
Byline: The Register-Guard The Oregon nursing shortage is essentially a door problem. The front door, which admits qualified applicants to Oregon's nursing schools, only opens wide enough to let one in five squeeze...

Oregon Nursing School, Kaiser Devise Home Care Program to Support Caregivers.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News) Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (11/29/2000)
...devised by researchers at the Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing in the late 1980s. The special...Researchers from OHSU's School of Nursing, with analysis by the Center...published in 1995 that while the ...

Faculty shortage at nursing schools limits nurses in Oregon, U.S. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (8/25/2004)
...turned away because many schools can't find enough qualified...aging baby boomers. Oregon's nursing faculty shortage is expected...Kathleen Potempa, dean of Oregon Health and Science University's School of Nursing. At OHSU, ...

OREGON MANOR IS GOING STRONG NURSING HOME RESIDENTS WON'T BE MOVED, PROBLEMS RESOLVED.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN) The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) (1/27/2002)
...she was at two previous nursing homes. "She calls it...assistant coach in the Oregon schools. "The staff treat her...Wisconsin, 13 percent of nursing homes received federal...actual harm to residents. Oregon Manor did not have any...

Lost Job Opens Door to School, New Career for Oregon Nursing Trainee. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (2/4/2002)
...that required going back to school. The biggest hurdle was psychological...t let the fear of going to school stop you." The 32-year...year of LCC's two-year nursing program. To be accepted...nurse. By the end of next school year, she should be ready...

Nursing education in Oregon is a numbers game, and right now the state is losing.(City/Region) The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) (5/25/2008)
...Bolt The Register-Guard Nursing education in Oregon is a numbers game, and right...state is losing. In 2005, nursing programs in Oregon had to turn down three qualified...acceptance, and for some schools the number is much higher...

Oregon colleges blend nursing criteria, curricula to close gap.(Higher Education)(By creating the new links, education officials hope to ease the path to a degree and avoid a critical shortage of nurses) The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) (3/29/2006)
...College, and four Oregon Health & Science University nursing schools are taking part...want to pursue a nursing career. It eliminates...at more than one school. "Before this, every single nursing program in the state of ...

Oregon creates a fast-track to four-year nursing degree.(City/Region)(Students with an associate degree can finish in a year) The Register Guard (Eugene, OR) (5/26/2008)
...step will be. More school. In spite of all the...has invested in his nursing education already...gives community college nursing students a direct path...year and four-year nursing schools. "I figure it's...things." Known as the ...