Purposes and Definitions
851-054-0010
(1) Purposes of these rules:
(a) To implement the provisions of ORS 678.370 to 678.372 governing the certification of Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
(b) To define the scope of practice of the CNS.
(c) To establish standards for safe practice for the CNS.
(d) To serve as a guide for [...]

Registered nurses are responsible for a large portion of the health care provided in this country. RNs make up the largest group of health care providers, and are 77 percent of the nurse workforce.1 Historically, RNs have worked predominantly in hospitals; in 2000, 59.1 percent of RNs worked in hospitals. A smaller number of RNs [...]

A TRUE TALE
Patricia Raymond, RN, graduated from Rhode Island College in 1985. Before becoming a public health nurse, she worked in community hospitals and agencies. Eventually, she took a position at the Rhode Island Training School, the state’s only juvenile correction facility, where she supervised and provided health care to incarcerated adolescents. That job taught [...]

Strategic Direction 1: Reinforcing Capacity in the Mental Health Service System
The objectives under this direction will realign specialist and community sector mental health services into a Four Life Stages Developmental model. Implementing other objectives will develop organisational capacity in the community sector, consumer and carer sector capacity, care coordination, service collaboration mechanisms and a workforce [...]