Nurses and residents at South Texas Veterans Health Care work together to complete simulated training for “code blue” situations that often require CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
Simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real world.
VA Palo Alto nurse Karen Wall, pictured above at work, recently saved a woman's life on a cross-country flight, applying the CPR techniques she learned and taught in a Basic Life Support class at her health care system.
Critical care dosing guides are critical in emergency care where a clinical team’s skill and focus matter most.
The 2025 Veterans Health Make-a-thon advances innovative solutions from VA teams and partners to improve care.
ATDM provides training in high-demand skills that lead to well-paying jobs with military suppliers. Qualified Veterans receive a full scholarship and housing for the 16-week program.
Veterans Day 2023 is Saturday, November 11. This Veterans Day discounts list will continue to be updated as we learn of more nationally available Veterans Day discounts, meals or other ways businesses and organizations want to give back to Veterans.
The SimLEARN Resuscitation Education and Innovation (REdI) program hosted the first-ever VHA Resuscitation Symposium: “Be the Change.”
RSST was established in 2012 to help combat needless cardiac arrest deaths by providing consultative evaluation for hospital staff who are often thrust into “Code Blue” situations in dire circumstances.
In time for this year's Memorial Day, NCA has launched a new interactive “Find a Cemetery” map. The feature enables Veterans to search for their final resting place or for those who want to visit their Veteran interred at any of the 155 VA managed or 119 VA-funded cemetery.
Six VA nurses who went above and beyond the call of duty have received Excellence in Nursing awards from the VA Secretary.












