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VA NAMES FOUR UNIVERSITIES THAT WILL BE NURSING
ACADEMY SITES -- "The expanded role of VA in
the education
of nurses will ensure the Department has the
nurses needed
to continue our world-class health care for
veterans."
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VA Announces New Nursing Academy Sites
Four Universities Partner with VA in Nursing Initiative
WASHINGTON -- To provide compassionate, highly-trained nurses to look
after the health care needs of the nation’s veterans, the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a new initiative that partners the
Department’s world-class health care system with four of the country’s
finest nursing schools. VA selected nursing schools in Florida,
California, Utah and Connecticut for special partnerships with local VA
health care facilities as part of a new VA Nursing Academy.
“The expanded role of VA in the education of nurses will ensure the
Department has the nurses needed to continue our world-class health care
for veterans,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson. “Our
strengthened partnerships with these four great nursing schools will
enhance the faculty and clinical resources needed to educate nurses.”
The first four nursing schools selected to take part in the new program
are:
* University of Florida in Gainesville;
* San Diego State University;
* University of Utah in Salt Lake City; and
* Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.
The four VA-nursing partnerships were selected from among 42
applications. Additional VA-nursing school partnerships will be selected
in 2008 and 2009, for a total of 12 partnerships in the five-year pilot
program.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has reported that more
than 42,000 qualified applicants were turned away from nursing schools
in 2006 because of insufficient numbers of faculty, clinical sites,
classroom space and clinical mentors. VA currently provides clinical
education for approximately 100,000 health professional trainees
annually, including students from more than 600 schools of nursing.
The VA Nursing Academy was recently established to address the
nationwide shortage of nurses while ensuring that veterans continue to
receive world class care and services.
The Academy’s “Enhancing Academic Partnerships” pilot program enables
competitively selected VA-nursing school partnerships to expand the
number of nursing faculty, enhance the professional and scholarly
development of nurses, increase student enrollment by about 1,000
students and promote innovations in nursing education.
Further information about the pilot program can be obtained from VA’s
Office of Academic Affiliations web site at
www.va.gov/oaa .
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Larry Scott --
