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AN OADN VIDEO SERIES Real Talk is an OADN video series focused on the challenges, questions, and conversations shaping nursing education today. Through candid discussions with experienced nurse educators and leaders, the series explores topics such as faculty resilience, professionalism, incivility, communication, leadership, and the evolving realities of academic and clinical education. Each conversation moves [...]

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE The Nurse Educator Minute – Powered by Lippincott® Helping nurse educators teach with confidence. Explore monthly expert videos featuring evidence-based strategies, innovative teaching practices, and practical tools that strengthen student success and prepare practice-ready nurses. Powered by Lippincott® and OADN's commitment to educator excellence. #46 August 2026 Designing Learning that Mirrors Practice [...]

Making the Most with the Faculty You Have: Teamwork, Collaboration, and Relationship Building Presenter: Kelly Simmons, DNP, RN, CNE Making the Most with the Faculty You Have: Teamwork, Collaboration, and Relationship Building explores how nursing programs can improve student success and faculty effectiveness by maximizing existing faculty resources through collaboration. Topics include effective team characteristics, […]

OADN Virtual Simulation Reviews: Transforming Nursing Education Through Crisis When COVID-19 shut down clinical sites, nursing education faced an unprecedented challenge. Students couldn't access hospitals and clinics, threatening their ability to complete required training. The crisis demanded immediate innovation.     Powerful Partnership Creates Solutions   The Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) joined forces [...]

National Center for Apprenticeship Degrees Advocacy Playbook Executive Overview   THE CHALLENGE & OPPORTUNITY OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION Every year, millions of Americans are forced to choose between pursuing a degree and securing a paycheck. Nearly two-thirds of jobs in the US demand postsecondary education¹, yet approximately half of the American workforce lacks a degree.² An […]

Nurse educators are acutely aware of the complexity of the healthcare system and the need for students to be able to transition from academia to practice.  Nurse residency and other transition to practice programs have been identified as instrumental in assisting new graduates.  Recently the apprenticeship model has been brought forward as another type of […]

On January 25, 2022, the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (for which OADN is an inaugural member) released new survey data that examines the issue of racism among nurses in the workplace. According to more than 5,600 survey respondents, racist acts are principally perpetrated by colleagues and those in positions of power. Over […]

The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing has released its initial findings and is seeking public comments for the 2022 National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing Foundational Report. The report and instructions for how to provide comments are located here: ANA Public Comment (nursingworld.org) under “Current Opportunities”. OADN was invited to be an inaugural member of the […]

Future of Nursing Webinar: Special Presentation for OADN Members Recorded on September 16, 2021 Dr. Sue Hassmiller, Senior Scholar in Residence and Advisor to the President on Nursing at the National Academy of Medicine will presented a special webinar on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Report for the OADN Membership on September 16, 2021.  This […]

Monkey Business:  The Fine Art of Mentoring – Click Here for Recording (presented live July 27, 2021) All of us can think of at least one or two people in our past who have had a mighty and positive impact on us; it may have been a parent, a good friend, a teacher, a supervisor […]

Webinar Now Available (Recorded Live on 3/16/21) This webinar will explain how to write a manuscript for publication.  Strategies for successful submission and acceptance of a manuscript will be discussed, including resources to aid novice and experienced authors. Differences between writing for academic assignments and writing for publication will be explored. Have you been thinking […]

OADN is committed to providing accurate and timely information on the importance of associate degree nursing programs and graduates in ensuring health care access and a diverse nursing workforce that provides safe, quality, culturally competent care. To this purpose, on March 20, 2019, OADN delivered invited testimony to the inaugural meeting of the National Academy […]

The ultimate goal of all pre-licensure nursing programs is to focus on preparing individual nurses for entry into point-of-care positions in a variety of settings from acute care, long-term care, primary care, and more. Regardless of the success of quality nursing education programs in preparing students for practice, these entry level graduates benefit from programs […]

For nursing education, particularly within associate degree curricula, population health is defined as learning activities that “address the assessment, intervention, and evaluation of populations impacted by social determinants of health, how health information and healthy behaviors is promoted to populations, how disease can be prevented through public education and policy influencers, and the nature, types […]