Finnegan, AlanMcGhee, StephenLeach, Johathan2017-05-102017-05-102017-05-03Finnegan, 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.2017.04.0140260-691710.1016/j.nedt.2017.04.014http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620493Reports 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.enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Military Veteransnurse educationArticle1532-2793Nurse Education Today