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Educating nurses to provide better care for the military veteran and their families
Finnegan, Alan McGhee, Stephen Leach, Johathan
Finnegan, Alan
McGhee, Stephen
Leach, Johathan
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2017-05-03
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Reports that military veterans do not divulge details of their military experiences because others “do not understand” has been accepted for too long. Veterans and their families require a nursing workforce that are knowledgeable of the specific demands associated with a military life, and who are educated and empowered to discuss these issues in a language that the veteran population understand.
USA have taken steps to address this challenge through academic programmes that systematically teach nurses how to be pro-actively engaged in improving veteran’s health and wellbeing. These lessons are being absorbed into fully evaluated under-graduate nursing sessions being developed at the University of Chester that will ensure under-graduate nursing students gain the requisite knowledge and understanding of veteran health and social care.
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Finnegan, A., McGee, S. & Leach, J. (2017). Educating nurses to provide better care for the military veteran and their families. Nurse Education Today, 54, 62-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.04.014
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Elsevier
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Nurse Education Today
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10.1016/j.nedt.2017.04.014
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en
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0260-6917
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1532-2793