Legislative Updates
Joint Program Developed to Improve Palliative Care for Veterans
Posted on: 7/6/2010
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it will partner with the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium to educate its nurse workforce on how to better provide palliative care. The three-year project will be jointly administered by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and City of Hope, a biomedical research, treatment and educational institution in southern California. The project will train 600 nurse educators through national “train-the-trainer” courses.
According to a recent AACN press release, more than 54,000 American Veterans die each month, and the number of Vietnam-era veterans over 65 will continue to grow through 2034. The goal of the initiative is to improve hospice and palliative care for this patient population.
To read the press release on the AACN website, click here.
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