Roach Ashley, Hooke Sherrill
Author Affiliations: Clinical Instructor and Veterans Affairs Nursing Academic Partnership (VANAP) Nurse Faculty (Ms Roach), School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; Clinical Instructor and VANAP Nurse Faculty (Ms Hooke), Nursing Professional Services, VA Portland Health Care System, Oregon.
Nurse Educ. 2019 Mar/Apr;44(2):98-101. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000557.
Through the Veterans Affairs Nursing Academic Partnership (VANAP), baccalaureate nursing students and faculty participated in practice innovations in a Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Nationally, VANAP has attempted to bridge gaps between theory and practice and across care settings.
In a population health course, nursing students were placed in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Through activities such as postconferences and population-based projects, students joined forces with Veterans Affairs staff on issues that affected veterans' health care.
Two student groups worked on amputation prevention from opposite ends of the spectrum. Their projects, with the continuation of these by faculty and staff, resulted in 47% decrease in vascular-related hospital readmissions.
Student placements in settings across the care continuum improved communication between the settings. The enhanced partnership between the 2 organizations addressed a relevant, meaningful patient care issue.
通过退伍军人事务护理学术合作项目(VANAP),护理学本科学生和教师参与了退伍军人事务医疗保健系统中的实践创新。在全国范围内,VANAP试图弥合理论与实践之间以及不同护理环境之间的差距。
在一门人群健康课程中,护理专业学生被安排到住院和门诊环境中。通过诸如会后讨论和基于人群的项目等活动,学生们与退伍军人事务工作人员就影响退伍军人医疗保健的问题展开合作。
两个学生小组从不同角度致力于预防截肢。他们的项目以及教师和工作人员对这些项目的延续,使血管相关的医院再入院率降低了47%。
在整个护理连续过程中的学生实习改善了不同护理环境之间的沟通。两个组织之间加强的合作解决了一个相关且有意义的患者护理问题。