Health Workforce Advocacy
Resources
Oregon Health Professions: Occupational and County Profiles for 2010
This is the first report to compare the number of health practitioners to the demographics of the county – a useful metric for any organization interested in ensuring that our health workforce matches the changing demographics of our population.
While not funded by Northwest Health Foundation, this report was produced, in part, by the Oregon Center for Nursing, a longtime NWHF funded partner.
Grantmaking to Communities of Color in Oregon: A report from the Foundation Center
How much giving by Oregon foundations is reaching Oregon’s communities of color? Find out in this report (GTCC in Oregon) from December 2010, Prepared by the Foundation Center on behalf of Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington (GOSW).
To find out more about grantmaking to communities of color at Northwest Health Foundation, please see the second document (GTCC at NWHF).
Nurses Wanted: The Changing Demand for Registered Nurses in Oregon
Recent media coverage of the nursing shortage has focused on the difficulty recent nursing graduates face finding employment, leaving many to ask “Is there still a nursing shortage?” The NWHF-funded Oregon Center for Nursing answers this question in their recent report, “Nurses Wanted: The Changing Demand for Registered Nurses in Oregon.”
Oregon’s Nursing Shortage: A Public Health Crisis in the Making
Recognizing the importance of an adequate nursing workforce, and in response to growing concerns about a nationwide nursing shortage, Northwest Health Foundation commissioned a study of the nursing workforce in Oregon to develop a framework for discussion of potential initiatives that could have a substantial impact on the shortage. research from the report, published in 2001, continues to influence decisions about funding workforce programs.
Program Evaluation Handbook - A Free Resource for Nonprofits
Interested in learning about program evaluation? Download the second edition of Program Evaluation: Principles and Practices. The handbook was developed for participants in a training workshop sponsored by NWHF, and is intended for use by a wide audience of nonprofit health services providers. Authors: Sherril B. Gelmon, Anna Foucek, and Amy Waterbury.
News
Press Release
Commentary
Oregon Health System Stronger for WIIN Program - March 29th, 2011
Judith Andersen, Director of the NWHF-funded Workforce Improvement with Immigrant Nurses (WIIN) program, discusses the history of the concept, and its positive role in the Oregon health system.
Mi más distiguida Señora presidente - February 21st, 2011
Creating an aspirational vision for the future is often at the heart of philanthropy. Here NWHF president Thomas Aschenbrener shares one vision for the future, which he developed after participating in the annual meeting of NWHF’s Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future program.
Program Allows Belarus Native to Quit Making Artificial Flowers and Return to Nursing - November 27th, 2010
WIIN Program allows nurses from all over the world get back into their chosen profession.
NWHF Announces Grant to Clackamas Community College to Expand Nursing Program to Clark County, WA - July 26th, 2010
The innovative Workforce Improvement with International Nurses (WIIN) Program expands from Clackamas Community College to Clark Community College in Vancouver, WA.
Thomas Aschenbrener in the Oregonian - “The Nurse in Your Healthcare Future” - May 24th, 2010
By 2025, can you imagine a health system where virtually all primary care in the United States is delivered by nurses and nurse practitioners?
Nurses Deserve Our Respect - Judith Woodruff - May 7th, 2010
Portland Business Journal opinion article by Judith Woodruff, NWHF’s director of health workforce development.
OPB Reports on Nursing Faculty Loan Program from NWHF Office - March 30th, 2009
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Kristian Foden-Vencil reports on Oregon’s nurse faculty shortage from a press conference held at Northwest Health Foundation.