Retention in nursing education and scholarship programs: Survival analysis of the Veterans Health Administration National Nursing Education Initiative Data.

Aims: To investigate factors affecting non-completion by registered nurses (RNs) participating in degree programs supported by the scholarship program of the National Nursing Education Initiative of the United States Veterans Health Administration. Secondarily, to assess overall retention in the scholarship program over time.

Design: Retrospective longitudinal design using administrative data.

An evaluation of the Veterans Health Administration National Nursing Education Initiative.

Background: Since 1999, the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) National Nursing Education Initiative (NNEI) has provided 16,294 scholarships for registered nurses to attain baccalaureate and advanced nursing degrees.

Purpose: The goal of this evaluation was to determine factors that enhanced or hindered a scholarship recipient in the completion of their degree and service obligation.

Methods: A regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of degree completion for 10,043 participants in 162 VHA facilities.

A Literature Review of Nursing Extern Program Outcomes.

This literature review gathers in one place recent published literature on extern programs. Fourteen extern articles published between 2009 and 2019 were identified, and program information was extracted. Student benefits were increased in confidence, clinical skills, and learning the nursing environment.

Care coordination assisted by technology for multiethnic caregivers of persons with dementia: a pilot clinical demonstration project on caregiver burden and depression.

We evaluated a care-coordination project assisted by a screen-phone to support and educate caregivers. A total of 113 caregivers of home-dwelling veterans with dementia were recruited to the study: 72 were white, 32 were African American and nine were Hispanic. Caregivers were assessed for burden, depression, coping, quality of life, knowledge and satisfaction.

Care coordination and telemedicine improves glycaemic control in ethnically diverse veterans with diabetes.

We conducted a pilot study of a care-coordination programme involving daily monitoring and education of elderly diabetic veterans from different racial/ethnic groups. A telephone-based, in-home messaging device was used for patient monitoring and education. Sixty-nine patients were enrolled in the study and HbA(1c) values were obtained both before and after the telemedicine intervention in 41 of them.

Perceptions of empowerment and intent to stay.

Investigating why nurses remain in organizations may serve as a stepping stone for future retention strategies. The relationship between intent to stay and workplace empowerment in nurses are described in this continuing education article.

Differential resource utilization benefits with Internet-based care coordination in elderly veterans with chronic diseases associated with high resource utilization.

Our objective was to evaluate in a demonstration project whether our T-Care Program, telecare management via an Internet-based home-messaging device, reduces resource utilization by patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), diabetes mellitus (DM), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Study participants were drawn from a group of high resource-utilizing veterans over age 60 and included 19 patients with CHF, 23 with DM, and 17 with COPD. Data were gathered on hospital admissions, bed days of care (BDOC), outpatient admissions, and emergency department visits 6 months before and 6 months after enrollment in the telecare program.

Opening a window of opportunity through technology and coordination: a multisite case study.

The Community Care Coordination Service (CCCS) program was implemented in April, 2000, at the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 8). The goals of the CCCS were to improve the coordination of care for clinically complex patients, referred to as veterans, and to increase their access to care while reducing complications, hospital admissions, and emergency room (ER) visits. This program used a coordinated care approach, a process whereby veterans were followed throughout the continuum of care.