From Start-up to Sustainability: A Decade of Collaboration to Shape the Future of Nursing

Paula Gubrud¹, Angela G Spencer, Linda Wagner

• ¹About the Authors Paula Gubrud, EdD, RN, is an associate professor, Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing and the co-director for the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE), Portland. Angela G. Spencer, MBA, is program manager for the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE), Oregon Health and Science University School of Nursing. Linda Wagner, MN, RN, is program director/department chair at Rogue Community College Department of Nursing, Redwood Campus, Grants Pass, Oregon and the co-director of the OCNE. The authors gratefully acknowledge past and current members of the OCNE Coordinating Council, past and current chairs of the OCNE Curriculum Committee, the OCNE Research and Evaluation Committee, and the OCNE Learning Activity Committee for their contributions to collaborative leadership and continued innovation. The development of OCNE was supported by grants from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration, the Northwest Health Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Kaiser Northwest, the Meyer Memorial Trust, the James and Marion Miller Foundation, the Ford Family Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the US Department of Education, and the Oregon Community College and Workforce Development office. For more information, contact Dr. Gubrud-Howe at gubrudp@ohsu.edu.