The past two months have been some of the most professionally challenging experiences Oregon nurses have ever had. Many of us have had to fight to get access to PPE, fight for access to testing for ourselves, and fight to improve protocols everywhere from home health settings to inpatient of the biggest hospital systems.

What hasn’t wavered throughout has been our pride in being professional nurses and health care providers, and the fact that nurses are so much stronger when we stick together.

Nurses week is approaching, and now more than ever, nurses should be proud of not only the life-saving work we perform, but also the life-saving advocacy we do for our patients, communities, and coworkers! As frightening and uncertain as the past months have been, we got through it together by supporting one another.

Send us a short video explaining why you’re proud to be an ONA nurse and we might choose it for inclusion in a very special ONA video celebrating the skill, compassion, and dedication of our amazing members!

Click here to upload your video for sharing

Submission deadline end of day Friday, May 1.

Tips for Recording

• Use your cell phone to make a video in selfie mode to answer with a coworker
• Have a family member film it on their phone
• Shoot it on your laptop’s webcam
• Film in selfie mode on your phone
• Look directly at the camera.
• Make sure the lighting shows your face.
• Listen back to make sure background noise isn’t too loud
• Phones should be horizontal for filming

Content Tips

• Introduce yourself! First name, unit, and/or facility, how long you’ve been in ONA or been a nurse.
• Shoot it in scrubs and PPE if possible!
• Limit the length to keep it one minute max
• Speak from your heart.
• Share a story about what makes you so proud to be caring for our community on the front lines of COVID-19.
• You can also submit pictures of nurses working during COVID can also be submitted at the link above! 
• Please make sure no patient names/info/faces/other HIPPA protected info is not included if filming at work!