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Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – March 2024

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Thanks Senator Merkley and Congresswoman Underwood for introducing the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act  On March 29, fifty-nine members of the […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – February 2024

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Sends Letter Thanking Senator Durbin and Congresswoman Bonamici for introducing the Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act On February 13, fifty-one members of the Nursing […]

Advocacy Trainings for Nurses – 2024 Webinar Series

OADN is excited to announce three new advocacy training webinars. Each of these three webinars are open to all OADN members free of charge. NOA has recognized the importance of advocacy and the role nursing associations and their individual members in leading change at the local, state, and national levels. We understand that our member […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – January 2024

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Statement on the Passing of Former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson On January 4, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) issued a statement honoring the life and […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – December 2023

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Looks Back on 2023  View the full list of the Nursing Community Coalition’s (NCC) advocacy and engagement in 2023 by clicking here. We […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – November 2023

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Sends Letter to Congressional Leadership Outlining Updated FY 2024 Funding Requests   On November 13, all sixty-three members of the Nursing Community Coalition […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – October 2023

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Thanks Senators for Introducing the I CAN Act On October 10, sixty-one members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter thanking Senate Nursing […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – September 2023

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Statement for the Record to the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health On September 18, forty-seven members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) […]

Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – August 2023

OADN continues our federal advocacy on your behalf as a member of the Nursing Community Coalition, where we work to ensure that nurses are supported and that nursing education is funded. NCC Thanks Rep. Underwood and Sen. Booker for Introducing the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act On August 1, fifty-one members of the Nursing Community […]

South Texas College Garners First Federally Recognized Nurse Apprenticeship Program Designation in the Country

By Jim Patterson. Originally published August 3, 2023 in the Community College Daily. South Texas College (STC), with its five campuses and two learning centers dotting the map along the Rio Grande in the rural southern tip of the state, has become the first college in the country to be certified by the U.S Department […]