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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.

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.”

Applicants in Augusta received job offers, filling old vacancies and making room for new ones. Hiring event resulted in nearly 200 same-day job offers.

Surgical Pause continues to spread to new VA medical centers and improve Veteran care by increasing the postoperative survival in frail Veterans.

Nurse practitioner provides tele-primary care to Native American and rural Veterans in remote areas. “I love being able to impact them.”

John Thurman served in the Marine Corps during World War II, fought on Iwo Jima and saw the famous flag raising on Mount Suribachi.

Now, VA investigators are examining the effectiveness of a clinical, trauma-sensitive yoga intervention to help women Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma (MST) and went on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Lorilea Johnson pioneered a protocol for providers to assess the risk of a cardiac event occurring in patients experiencing chest pain.

VA OAA 2022 David M. Worthen Ward recipients are improving care quality, trainee diversity and physician teaching to better serve Veterans.

During Health Professions Education Week, VA honors the 70% of physicians who train at VA through partnerships with academic institutions.

Nurse practitioner Emily Comstock and registered nurse Yolanda Flores have been recognized as “Star Nurses” by The Washington Post and American Nursing Association.

Nurses are the backbone of VA's health system and make a profound impact on the lives of Veterans every day, just as they have for the last 100 years.