Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing students participate in a variety of hands-on clinical simulations in the skills lab. OHSU School of Nursing campuses are located in Ashland, Bend, Klamath Falls, La Grande. Monmouth, Portland, and online. (OHSU/Jordan Sleeth)

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing students participate in a variety of hands-on clinical simulations in the skills lab. OHSU School of Nursing campuses are located in Ashland, Bend, Klamath Falls, La Grande. Monmouth, Portland, and online. (OHSU/Jordan Sleeth)

Each year, Oregon Health & Science University’s newest medical students end their first week at the medical school with a time-honored ceremony that has them symbolically slip on their white coats for the first time. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU's graduation events for the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, the PSU-OHSU School of Public Health and the OSU-OHSU School of Pharmacy are held each June at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Army combat medics and licensed practical nurses routinly are embedded at Oregon Health & Science University for about two weeks to sharpen their health care skills. They visit OHSU through the U.S. Army Medical Command’s Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training, or SMART, program, which helps Army health care personnel remain ready for service during times of peace. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Army combat medics and licensed practical nurses routinly are embedded at Oregon Health & Science University for about two weeks to sharpen their health care skills. They visit OHSU through the U.S. Army Medical Command’s Strategic Medical Asset Readiness Training, or SMART, program, which helps Army health care personnel remain ready for service during times of peace. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Each year, Oregon Health & Science University’s newest medical students end their first week at the medical school with a time-honored ceremony that has them symbolically slip on their white coats for the first time. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Each year, Oregon Health & Science University’s newest medical students end their first week at the medical school with a time-honored ceremony that has them symbolically slip on their white coats for the first time. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Each year, Oregon Health & Science University’s newest medical students end their first week at the medical school with a time-honored ceremony that has them symbolically slip on their white coats for the first time. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)