OADN Research
Welcome to the new OADN Research Portal. Stay tuned for more updates in early 2025 including opportunities to participate, contribute to and get support for your own research.
Data & Research in Associate Degree Nursing Education
Our research efforts are managed by the new OADN Research Committee. As part of strategy and planning sessions in 2024, the Committee identified three priority research areas:
- Student Applications, Enrollment & Graduation
- Faculty Recruitment & Retention
- Nursing Program Administration
Background
The OADN Research Committee was established to identify and support academic proposals aiming to collect, analyze and report on data critical to Associate Degree Nursing research. It carries out this mission as follows:
- Identifying and reviewing current research being conducted to demonstrate the value of associate degree nursing, as well as what new research should be considered. The Committee will regularly assess the effectiveness of the OADN research strategy and make recommendations for continuous improvement that align with the organization’s vision and long-term goals.
- Prioritizing essential data points to be collected to support ADN education, which may include conducting an environmental scan of research that supports and informs associate degree nursing education.
- The Committee thoroughly reviews survey request proposals submitted by OADN members conducting research to ensure alignment with the organization’s research priorities and ethical standards. They will also evaluate the scientific merit, originality, and potential impact of the proposed survey research projects.
OADN: Supporting Research and Our Members
OADN is committed to the advancement of research as part of it’s mission to support associate degree nursing education, the careers of our members and nursing in general. This commitment to research aligns with our expanding organizational strategy to increase recognition of ADN education as an essential pillar of nursing specifically and the healthcare system in general.
This commitment is also practical and deeply rooted in OADN’s support of our members professional and personal growth. The Committee will help identify and support opportunities for research training, webinars, workshops, and skill development programs to enhance the research capabilities of OADN members as faculty, researchers, and students.
How OADN Members Can Benefit & Contribute
We encourage members to join in this expanded research program by:
- Participating in surveys distributed through OADN
- Using the data and analysis from these efforts towards your own original research
- Attending forthcoming webinars, conversations and additional online community events we’ll be hosting in 2025.
- Volunteering with the research committee! Get in touch if you’d like to help.
Research Highlights
Fast Facts
The Committee has developed an initial set of “Fast Facts” (see below) from each of the priority topic areas. OADN members are encouraged to reuse this data to inform their own original research.
Fast Facts: Student Applications, Enrollment & Graduation
Fast Fact: Faculty Recruitment & Retention
Fast Fact: Nursing Program Administration
Visuals coming soon
Downloads
In addition to “Fast Facts”, we’re also providing a few longer form examples of key journal articles and presentations that draw from a variety of OADN-supported research and analysis.
Student Applications, Enrollment & Graduation
Student Enrollment & Graduation presentation. (Consolidated FAST FACTS (PDF)
Summary: A consolidated presentation of a variety of enrollment and graduation fast facts. Includes additional analysis and annotations.
Faculty Recruitment & Retention
Staffing and Faculty Compensation in Associate Degree Nursing Education (2024). (Download Journal PDF)
Summary: The nursing shortage is exacerbated by challenges in nursing education programs, notably a lack of faculty. Associate degree programs are crucial in mitigating this shortage, yet their staffing and compensation remains understudied.
Nursing Program Administration
Nursing Programs Survey, 2022 (Coming Soon: Nursing Programs 2022 Survey Results (PDF)
Summary: This download includes survey responses across over 200 nursing programs.
Sample Interactive Charts
Below are two sample charts based on new research from OADN members. The research committee is eager to expand the use and distribution of unique research of our members.
Faculty Retention
OADN survey research: faculty respondents from 210 ADN programs.
ADN Percentage Enrollment by Age, 2022
This data is gathered from an OADN research survey of nursing programs.
Research Committee
Committee Chair:
Kimberly Wiegand, DNP, MSN, RN. Assistant Vice President for Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College
Committee Members:
- Sandy Brannan, PhD, RN
Director of Nursing Programs
Angelina College - Michelle M. Bull, MSN RNC CNL
Associate Professor
Community College of Rhode Island - Melody Skinner, SNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, Associate Professor
Del Mar College - Brandy Larmon, RN-MSN, EdD
Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Mississippi University for Women - Kim Uddo, DNP CCRN CNE CDE, Professor
Delgado Community College - Eden Zabat Kan, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
College of Southern Maryland - Linda Perfetto, PhD RN CNE CNOR FAADN
Director, System Nursing Curricular Operations,
CT Community College/ Nursing Program/Director, Charter Oak State College RN-BSN Program - Julie Traynor, MS, RN, CNE
Director, Dakota Nursing Program Consortium - Karla Ross, DNP, RN, CNE, CNEcl
Director, Associate Degree Nursing
Blinn College - Heather Streets, BSN, RN, OCN, MHA
ADN Nursing Instructor
St. Mary’s School of Nursing - Kristen Doughty, EdD, MSN, RN
Instructional Director Nursing
Delaware Technical Community College - Joanne Yastik, PhD, RN, CNE
Assistant Dean of Academics, Nursing & Health Sciences Division
Siena Heights University - Lisa Johnson, PhD RN
Assistant Professor Community College of Philadelphia
- Patti McFadden, PhD, RN
Professor of Nursing
Louisiana Tech University - Adele LeJeune Fuselier, MSN, RN, EdD(C),
Assistant Professor of Nursing
LSU-Eunice - Elizabeth DeCarlo, PhD, RN
Program Coordinator
Middlesex College/HMH - Charla Denman, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, NP-C
Professor of Nursing
Northeast Texas Community College - Diane Chlebowy, PhD, RN, CNL
Dean, School of Health Sciences
Midway University - Stephanie Kratzen, DNP, RN, CNE
Associate Professor
Community College of Baltimore County Essex - Carla Crider, EdD, MSN, RNC, C-EFM, CNE
Associate Professor
Tarrant County College - Lovey Reynolds, MSN, RN, CPN
Nursing Faculty
Malcolm X College, City Colleges of Chicago - Mary Rivard, PhD, RNC-OB
Director of Nursing
Vernon College
OADN President
Lynette Apen, DNP, RN, CNS, CNE
Board Liaison
Elizabeth (Liz) Mizerek, Ph.D., RN, FN-CSA, CEN, CPEN, FAEN
OADN Northeast Regional Director
Staff
Rick García, PhD, RN, CCM, FAAOHN, FAADN
Chief Executive Officer
Bryan Hoffman, MA
Chief Operating Officer