Launched in 2015 by HMP Communications, the Why Wound Care? TM campaign was developed to educate nursing students about the growing need for — and critical importance of — specialized wound care nurses and encourages nursing graduates to pursue additional training to become wound care certified.

The Why Wound Care? TM campaign is aimed at both increasing awareness and delivering education. The campaign seeks to collaborate with nursing programs at universities throughout the country, to elevate visibility for the specialty and tell the story about careers in wound care. Why Wound Care? TM will provide nursing students and faculty with educational resources for integrating wound prevention and care into nursing curricula.

Liana Orsolini Ph.D., RN, ANEF, FAAN is the Care Delivery and Advanced Practice System Consultant for the Center of Clinical Excellence and Innovation for Bon Secours Health System (BSHSI), a six state integrated faith-based health system. She is responsible for launching a multi-state Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) Alliance and an evidence-based BSHSI APRN Global Strategy which will include opening a Center of Advanced Practice.

“First of all my fellow board members are fabulous and it is an honor and pleasure to work with so many passionate, smart and caring board members. They also have great senses of humor so while we get lots of work done, we also laugh a lot and really enjoy working with each other. The second “best experience” is attending the yearly convention. Last year’s (2015) convention was amazing and I can hardly wait to attend the 2016 Leadership themed convention in Dallas. The plenary speakers and break-out sessions I attended were simply top notch....

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In July 2015 the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) released the Joint Position Statement on Academic Progression to Meet the Needs of the Registered Nurse, the Health Care Consumer, and the U.S. Health Care System. As a follow up to the position statement OADN was recently invited by the ANA to submit an article to The American Nurse. The article, Gaining Momentum: Collaboration for Academic Progression, was published in the July/August issue of The American Nurse.

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The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) has proudly joined an initiative to educate and empower all nurses in combatting America’s opioid use and overdose epidemic through free continuing education. This information can also be used to help educate the next generation of nurses. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more people die each day from overdoses than from car crashes, and the majority of these overdoses are from prescription drugs. At the same time, the amount of opioids prescribed and sold in the US has quadrupled since 1999, yet the amount of pain Americans reported has not changed.