As OADN members, you have a voice in the federal policy decisions that shape nursing education and the nursing workforce. Through our work with the Nursing Community Coalition, OADN advocates for federal funding, workforce investments, and policies that support ADN programs, faculty, students, and the communities they serve. Advocacy & Engagament NCC Urges Senate Homeland [...]
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Lead Change. Improve Outcomes. Advance Your Career. Associate Degree Nursing programs are under increasing pressure to improve student success, strengthen clinical judgment, prepare graduates for the NCLEX-RN, and demonstrate measurable educational outcomes, all while managing growing demands on faculty time and institutional resources. Although many ADN educators are developing creative approaches to address these challenges, [...]
Beyond Meeting the Standard: Living Our Commitment to ADN Excellence Greetings, my fellow ADN Avengers! Patricia Nabal, DNP, BS, APRN, FNP, RN-BC President-elect, OADN If your morning was anything like mine at Malcolm X College today, there was a familiar energy returning to our campuses. Classrooms are being prepared, faculty are finalizing syllabi and learning [...]
Voting is Open Your voice matters in shaping the future leadership of OADN. The OADN Board of Directors and Nominating Committee invite all eligible members to participate in the 2026 OADN Elections. The leaders elected this year will help guide OADN’s priorities, strengthen our national voice, and advance our work on behalf of associate degree [...]
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 [...]
As OADN members, you have a voice in the federal policy decisions that shape nursing education and the nursing workforce. Through our work with the Nursing Community Coalition, OADN advocates for federal funding, workforce investments, and policies that support ADN programs, faculty, students, and the communities they serve. Advocacy & Engagament NCC Letter and Statement [...]
Teaching and Learning in Nursing (TELN), the official journal of the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, is celebrating significant growth in its scholarly influence, manuscript submissions, and editorial leadership. Journal Impact Factor Rises to 2.5 TELN achieved a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 2.5, up from 1.7, representing a 47 percent increase and a significant [...]
The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) welcomes the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) decision to expand membership eligibility to licensed practical nurses and licensed vocational nurses. Approved during ANA’s annual Membership Assembly, the bylaw change recognizes the essential role LPNs/LVNs play in patient care and strengthens professional representation across the nursing workforce. OADN applauds this [...]
OADN proudly congratulates Audria G. Denker, DNP, RN, FAADN, ANEF, and Jennifer D. Eccles, PhD, MSN, MEd, RN, FAADN, on their selection for induction into the American Academy of Nursing’s 2026 Class of Fellows. Fellowship in the Academy is one of the nursing profession’s highest honors and recognizes leaders whose work has made substantial and [...]
Chapter: Zeta Gamma Faculty Advisor: Alison Lawson This year's group of students were in the hospital during the Flu A outbreak our area had in the fall and saw many patients hospitalized with Flu A in the Spring during their clinical rotations. They identified many flu-positive patients as being young adults or middle adults. Through [...]