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2025 Call for Nominations: OADN Board of Directors
OADN Seeks Nominations for the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee (May 15th to June 30th) Dear OADN Members, Shea Walker DNP, RN 2025 Chair Nominations Committee Are you looking for an opportunity to share your passion for nursing education? As the only national organization exclusively advocating for college nursing education and the associate degree [...]
2025 OADN Convention: Call for Faculty Posters
Use the power of your poster to spark innovation, share solutions, and help drive positive change across the ADN community. The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) proudly invites nurse educators, administrators, simulationists, researchers, interprofessional colleagues, and students to submit poster abstracts for the 2025 OADN Annual Convention, taking place November 20 – 22, 2025, [...]
OADN Voices: Recognizing Excellence for National Nurses Week
Dear OADN Community, A few days ago, I reached out to a faculty member at one of our OADN program institutions schools and invited him to co-author a chapter with me in an upcoming book. This simple act reflects a practice I’ve long embraced: to bring an emerging educator, leader, or scholar along on every [...]
Nursing Community Monthly Roundup – April 2025
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. Advocacy & Engagement NCC Submits Testimony to House Appropriation LHHS-ED Subcommittee On April 9, sixty-three members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed onto […]
OADN Voices: April 2025
New Data Underscore the Power of ADN Education — and the Importance of Your Voice Dear OADN Members, Fresh data from the 2024 National Nursing Workforce Survey, conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), provides timely validation of the critical role Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs continue to play in […]
OADN Leadership Institute Debuts New Deans & Directors Cohort
**Please note the revised seminar dates below.** OADN LEADS with an exciting opportunity for Associate Degree Nursing Deans & Directors! With an evolving landscape in associate degree nursing education, the demand for skilled leaders who can foster a culture of excellence is greater than ever. OADN is offering an exclusive opportunity for ADN deans […]