Practicing Upstream: Race-Based Trauma Care Training For Veteran's Health Administration Nurse Practitioners.

: The Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) employed by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) lack race-based trauma training for Veterans that have experienced psychological, physiological, and emotional trauma. The VHA is responsible for the health of this culturally diverse patient population with complex health conditions. APRNs without prior military experience may have trouble obtaining an accurate history and physical exam due to their inexperience with the military's cross-cultural environment.

Raising awareness: African American faculty perceptions of the interview process.

Background: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN] and the National League for Nursing [NLN) recognize the importance of increasing the number of African American nursing faculty in collegiate nursing education. In other words, not hiring African American nurse faculty removes the African American perspective in advancing the tripartite mission of teaching, research, and service in academic nursing.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the interview process of African American faculty who sought employment in academic nursing.

A Game Changer: Adult-Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship for the Veterans Health Administration.

Background: Nurse practitioner (NP) fellowship programs assist the novice NP in transitioning to advanced practice while emphasizing building confidence and competence. The Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) offers an NP primary care fellowship program. The purpose of this project was to develop an acute care transition to practice fellowship program at a Midwestern VHA hospital.

A community-wide academic-service partnership to expand faculty and student capacity.

This article describes a unique academic-service community collaborative aimed at increasing student and faculty capacity. The state hospital association held a series of community-wide meetings with health care organization and academic leaders to discuss the growing RN and faculty shortages. Collectively, schools of nursing experienced a 70% increase in qualified applicants and could not admit all qualified applicants due to faculty constraints.