National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

Reports > State Responses to Health Worker Shortages: Results of 2002 Survey of States > State Details > Oregon

Task Force, Commission or Panel

• The Oregon Nursing Leadership Council developed a strategic plan to address the nursing shortage in Oregon. The goals of this plan are to:
  • Double the enrollment in Oregon’s nursing programs by 2004
  • Develop, implement, and evaluate staffing models that make the best use of the available nursing workforce
  • Redesign nursing education to more directly meet the changing heath care needs of Oregon
  • Recruit and retain nurses in the profession.
  • Create the Oregon Center for Nursing, which will coordinate implementation and ongoing evaluation of this plan.
• For more information: The Nursing Resource Room: Nursing Shortage Solutions
  

Scholarships, Loan Repayment

• In July 2001, Oregon established the Nursing Services Program loan repayment program designed to recruit additional nurses to work in targeted rural areas.
  For more information: Oregon Student Assistance Commission: Nursing Services Program