Alicia Thompson, Woman Veteran, On Issues
Lt. Commander Pam Wall is a psychiatric nurse with the U.S. Navy, and a Jonas Veterans Healthcare Program Scholar. The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence‘s mission is to improve health care through nursing. The Jonas Veteran Healthcare Program focuses on improving the healthcare of US veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan by supporting doctoral level (PhD and DNP) education advancement of nurses who will be involved in all levels of veterans’ healthcare, from administration and policy to direct patient care.
Lt. Commander Pam Wall talks about the unique advantages nurses have when it comes to delivering mental health care to wounded veterans on Need to Know, a PBS TV- and web- newsmagazine. Watch Lt. Commander Pam Wall’s segment to learn more about her work and about mental issues facing our veterans.
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I’m part of a group of people who are blogging about health care reform and the presidential race forJAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. Several posted their reactions to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act yesterday. Mine appears today: http://tinyurl.com/d3gu5tu
What was your reaction to the ruling?
Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rudin Professor of Nursing
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