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Nurse Jenifer Webb created a Train2Run program to get Veterans moving and ready for running a 5K. Veteran: “I am tired, happy to finish, and love that I got in shape.”
VA nurse Jim Roupe, at his son’s football game, saw a player collapse. He ran down the bleachers, jumped the fence, ran to the boy’s side and began CPR.
Lorilea Johnson pioneered a protocol for providers to assess the risk of a cardiac event occurring in patients experiencing chest pain.
Nurse practitioner provides tele-primary care to Native American and rural Veterans in remote areas. “I love being able to impact them.”
Nurse executive La Tara Miller volunteered more than 300 hours providing COVID-19 relief in her community. “I felt like I had to do something. Nurse practitioner or nurse executive, I’m always a nurse.”
VA post-baccalaureate RN and nurse practitioner residencies prepare highly qualified nursing professionals for VA and the nation. Of VA’s 80,000 nurses, 55% are eligible for retirement.
VA’s nurse residency program helps newly licensed nurses get ready to address the unique health care needs of Veterans.
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