Monmouth students discover unexpected opportunities at 10-year-old nursing program

The newest of five regional OHSU School of Nursing campuses marks a decade

By Franny White September 14, 2018 Monmouth, Oregon

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Faculty stand with the first class at OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth, taken in the fall of 2008 as the campus opened for the first time. (OHSU)

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OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth students practice taking each other's vital signs in 2015. (OHSU)

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OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth students celebrate their graduation in spring 2013. (OHSU)

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Students in the OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth's Class of 2017 practice taking vital signs in the campus' simulation lab. (OHSU)

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The members of the OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth Class of 2020 attends their white coat ceremony, which marked the beginning of their nursing education in fall 2017. (OHSU)

Julia Balcom, D.N.P., F.N.P.-C.

Julia Balcom, D.N.P., F.N.P.-C., who was a member of the first graduating class from OHSU School of Nursing’s Monmouth campus in 2011. (OHSU)

Kelly Soto

Kelly Soto, student at OHSU School of Nursing’s Monmouth campus, which is located at Western Oregon University. (OHSU)

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OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth students chat outside of class in front of the school's home base on the campus of Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. (OHSU)

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OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth is located on the campus of Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon, where it shares a building with WOU's mathematics department. (OHSU)

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OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth students stand in front of the regional campus' home, which it shares with the mathematics department of Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. (OHSU)

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OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth Campus Associate Dean Angela Docherty, Nurs.D., M.P.H., R.N., speaks at the Class of 2018's convocation in spring 2018. (OHSU)