20% of Oregon State Hospital Nurses On Leave As Staffing Shortage Intensifies
“I think morale is very low,” said recent retiree Roberta O’Dell. “I’ve seen a lot of changes at that hospital, and these are not good.”
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COVID-19, Health Care Funding In Full Legislative Agenda
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Issues related to the pandemic are certain to dominate the session but there are plenty of other proposals in the works, including legislation on a public option.
ICU Nurse In Klamath Falls: ‘We’re Shattered’
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Frontline health care workers treating COVID-19 patients have learned to live with an uncertainty they’ve never experienced before.
OHSU Nursing Students Angry About Rising Tuition
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About 30 students entered a two-part nurse practitioner program last June, expecting the university to lock-in their tuition. Instead, OHSU is suspending its "tuition promise."
Oregon Listed As No. 1 Place To Work As A Nurse
Apparently, Oregon is a good place to work as a nurse.
That’s the conclusion of WalletHub, which put Oregon on top in its 2020 rating. Washington state came in a close second. At the bottom of the list sat New York, where nurses have been overwhelmed during the pandemic.
Briefly: Linfield College Pays $14.5 Million For New Home For Nursing Program
The new site is in Northeast Portland, the campus of the University of Western States, which specializes in chiropractic care. That university will be moving.
Linfield College is based in McMinnville, but for 35 years it's run a major part of its nursing program out of the space it leases at the Legacy Good Samaritan in Northwest Portland.
Oregon Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant Helps Put Nurses on Boards
The Oregon Action Coalition (OAC) is now part of the Future of Nursing State Implementation Program (SIP), receiving a two-year $146,000 grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others.
“If we’re going to be transforming healthcare and creating a new culture of health, nurses will be at the forefront,” said Jana R. Bitton, MPA, co-lead of the OAC and executive director of the Oregon Center for Nursing.
Shortages of Behavioral Health Workers, Nursing Faculty Critical
Not many incentives for nursing faculty to remain and salaries too low for young nurses.
Oregon’s behavioral health workforce is “critical” to healthcare transformation but the numbers of those licensed last year was inadequate to meet the need for integrating physical and mental health, Oregon’s Healthcare Workforce Committee was told.
