EHR: The Importance of Documenting Nursing Assessments

A difficult challenge for nurse educators is ensuring that students understand the importance of  accurately documenting assessments in the age of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Nursing students may observe nurses who have grown accustomed to documenting assessment results in electronic health records (EHRs), rapidly clicking responses to assessment checklist questions. However, it is important that […]

Leadership Webinars

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 […]

OADN Joins Major Organizations in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care

Due to the recent COVID-19 surge and the availability of safe and effective vaccines, our health care organizations and societies advocate that all health care and long-term care employers require their workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This is the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all health care workers to put patients as […]

OADN Position Paper on Racial and Social Equity

Preamble to the OADN Position Statement on Racial and Social Equity The 1,200 Community Colleges in the United States have a long history of providing relevant education responsive to the needs of its local and regional residents and employers. For many, the Community College is a life-altering portal for earning a degree or certificate in […]

Netiquette for the Classroom

This video provides quick focused tips to help create welcoming and productive online classroom environments.  Specifically, the video discusses the importance of establishing netiquette rules when teaching online.   The video also reviews two infographs that can be used to create respectful and effective online classroom. One infograph describes five simple steps that educators can use […]

Testing Next Gen NCLEX®

These resources are made possible through OADN’s ongoing collaboration with NurseThink®, leading the way in Next Gen Teaching and Testing. Learn More.         Next Gen NCLEX® test items will include 6-question case studies and stand-alone items the measure the students’ ability to apply the CJMM. Students must be exposed to this item […]

Teaching Next Gen NCLEX®

These resources are made possible through OADN’s ongoing collaboration with NurseThink®, leading the way in Next Gen Teaching and Testing. Learn More.         Teaching clinical judgment and preparing our students to take Next Gen style exam items can be challenging. Learn how to move imbed the Clinical Judgment Measure Model into your […]

Overview: Next Gen NCLEX® & Clinical Judgment Measurement Model

These resources are made possible through OADN’s ongoing collaboration with NurseThink®, leading the way in Next Gen Teaching and Testing. Learn More.           In April 2023, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NSCBN®) will roll out the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) item styles for the RN and PN national […]

17th Annual NACNEP Report to Congress: Preparing Nurse Faculty and Addressing the Shortage of Nurse Faculty and Clinical Preceptors

The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) has released its 17th annual report to Congress titled Preparing Nurse Faculty and Addressing the Shortage of Nurse Faculty and Clinical Preceptors. NACNEP is calling on a public-private response to develop, support, and fund a wide range of initiatives to address the shortage of nurse faculty […]

Safer Labs and Clincials During Covid-19: Evidence & Literature to Support Mitigating Strategies

OADN has received requests for information that can be used for state-level advocacy, particularly in regards to regulations that govern simulation and clinical hours.  Individual states regulations in these areas this vary considerably.  Regardless of how your state regulates clinical nursing education, it is important to rely on research and evidence-based practice in your arguments […]