Got Your Six: Supporting Veterans’ Move Into Professional Nursing

Got Your Six: Supporting Veterans’ Move Into Professional Nursing

With the influx of veterans entering higher education, there is growing awareness of the need for special programming or services tailored specifically to student veterans. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and enhancements to the GI Bill, more than 2 million service members and their f...

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Published in:Nursing education perspectives Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 340 - 342
Main Authors: D'Aoust, Rita F., Rossiter, Alicia G., Itle, Evan, Clochesy, John M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc 01-11-2016
Subjects:
Colleges & universities
Consciousness
Educational Needs
Higher education
Military personnel
Military service
Nontraditional students
Nursing education
Post traumatic stress disorder
Student Placement
Traumatic brain injury
Veterans
United States > US
Afghanistan
Iraq
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Summary:With the influx of veterans entering higher education, there is growing awareness of the need for special programming or services tailored specifically to student veterans. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and enhancements to the GI Bill, more than 2 million service members and their families are eligible for benefits under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. Many veterans face a difficult transition to civilian life, ranging from readjustment issues to recovery from physical and mental injuries. This article describes the services for veterans developed by one university and the collaboration with a college of nursing to design a faculty and clinical agency training program that helps transition military medics and corpsmen to nursing education.
ISSN:1536-5026
1943-4685
DOI:10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000081