Jonas Center Launches Nurse Initiative to Improve Veterans’ Care

By Debra Wood, RN, contributor to NurseZone.com

September 20, 2012 – With more than 22 million military veterans living in the United States, nurses in any setting must be prepared to assesses their unique needs and properly refer or care for them. Yet even experienced mental health professionals often feel unprepared to help veterans with reintegration issues, according to the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence, which has launched an initiative to better prepare nurses.