退伍军人事务部护理学院（VANA）：与护理学院建立战略联盟，以满足护理人员的劳动力需求。

The Department of Veterans Affairs Nursing Academy (VANA): forging strategic alliances with schools of nursing to address nursing's workforce needs.

机构信息

HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA, USA.

出版信息

Nurs Outlook. 2011 Nov-Dec;59(6):299-307. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2011.04.006.

DOI:10.1016/j.outlook.2011.04.006

PMID:21684561

Abstract

In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established the VA Nursing Academy (VANA), a 5-year, $60-million pilot program funding 15 partnerships between schools of nursing and local VA health care facilities nationwide, to expand nursing faculty, enhance clinical faculty development, increase nursing student enrollment, and promote educational innovations. VA is an ideal setting for educating nursing students owing to a well-educated registered nurse staff, an array of traditional and nontraditional settings, a state-of-the-art computerized electronic health record system, and a unique patient population. Challenges related to the complex nature of VANA partnerships, conceptualized as strategic alliances created between disparate subunits, each embedded in a larger organization, require careful governance to ensure smooth implementation. To ensure the program's aims are met, a 6-year national evaluation has been funded to help identify which strategies best achieve VANA's goals. The speed of economic recovery and the resulting changes in the nursing workforce are important determinants of VANA's future.

摘要

2007 年，美国退伍军人事务部（VA）设立了 VA 护理学院（VANA），这是一个为期 5 年、耗资 6000 万美元的试点项目，资助了全国 15 个护理学院和当地 VA 医疗保健机构之间的合作关系，以扩大护理教师队伍，加强临床教师发展，增加护理学生入学人数，并促进教育创新。VA 是教育护理学生的理想场所，因为这里有受过良好教育的注册护士工作人员、各种传统和非传统的环境、先进的计算机化电子健康记录系统以及独特的患者群体。VANA 合作伙伴关系的复杂性带来了挑战，这些合作伙伴关系被视为在不同的子单位之间创建的战略联盟，每个子单位都嵌入在一个更大的组织中，需要精心的治理来确保顺利实施。为了确保实现该计划的目标，已经为该计划提供了为期 6 年的全国性评估资金，以帮助确定哪些策略最能实现 VANA 的目标。经济复苏的速度以及由此带来的护理劳动力变化是 VANA 未来的重要决定因素。