OADN joins with 52 other nursing organizations in support of a
“Commitment to America’s Health:
A Consensus Statement from the Nursing Community.”

As nurses we are all very concerned about access to affordable healthcare. OADN as a member of the Nursing Community believes in the fundamental right to healthcare and has signed on to the following consensus statement.

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The OADN Nominating Committee announces the Call for Nominations for candidates in the upcoming annual elections.

This is an exciting time to consider the opportunity to serve in a position of leadership at the national level. Positions open for nomination are:

PRESIDENT-ELECT

SECRETARY

DIRECTOR (2)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE (3)

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Associate degree nursing programs provide a strong foundation for professional nursing practice. Ensuring appropriate academic progression pathways for AD graduates has become a key link for their future success. Academic progression will assist in future faculty supply and the viability of quality and affordable healthcare in the future, in the many roles of advanced practice nurses. Many of you are involved in different models of academic progression and there is interest in learning about new models. "

View Highlighted Models of Academic Progression

This free course is aimed at faculty who are new to nursing informatics and are interested in a broad overview of the discipline. The course integrates various nursing informatics standards into the curriculum and provides examples of methods, tools, and learning resources to teach them. The subjects discussed in this course include knowledge complexity, informatics literacy, nursing knowledge work, data standards and standardized languages, clinical decision support, and future trends. 15.0 contact hours will be awarded upon completion of the course through the Minnesota Board of Nursing.

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