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OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. Advocacy & Engagament NCC Sends Letter to House Rules Committee Urging Support for Amendment 103 to the FY 2027 NDAA On June 25, fifty-four members of the [...]
The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) continues to monitor federal actions that could significantly affect access to advanced nursing education. OADN is an Organizational Affiliate of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and supports efforts to ensure that nursing is appropriately recognized as a professional degree and that students pursuing advanced nursing education maintain access [...]
OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. Advocacy & Engagament NCC Thanks Congress for Introducing a Resolution Honoring and Recognizing National Nurses Week 2026 On May 29, all sixty-five members of the Nursing [...]
“Titles and classifications do not define the profession....our actions do.” Dear Colleagues, Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released its final rule regarding federal student loan repayment and borrowing limits. The rule classifies post-baccalaureate nursing programs as “graduate degrees” rather than “professional degrees,” resulting in lower federal loan caps for nurses pursuing advanced [...]
OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. 🚨Breaking News Department of Education Releases Final Rule on Student Loan Limits Earlier today, the Department of Education released its unpublished final rule on student loan [...]
OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. Advocacy & Engagement 102 Representatives Support FY 2027 Funding for Title VIII in House Dear Colleague Letter On March 27, a record one hundred [...]
OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. Advocacy & Engagement NCC Sends Letter Urging Congress to Pass the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2025 On February 12, all sixty-five members [...]
OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. Advocacy & Engagement NCC Sends Letter to Congress Supporting Full-Year FY 2026 Appropriations for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and the National Institute of [...]
As nurses, our commitment is to safeguard health, dignity, and human life. We know that violence and fear have no place in professional care settings or within our communities, regardless of who perpetrates them. The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) stands with the American Nurses Association’s call to action and refuses to normalize violence [...]
OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure nurses are supported and nursing education is funded. Advocacy & Engagement In Case You Missed It... The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a dashboard with data on its Health Workforce Programs. [...]