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Joining Forces, a White House led initiative

Posted over 13 years ago by Regina Sanders

AANP President Penny Kaye Jensen has requested the support of all our state and state region groups to support Joining Forces, a White House led initiative to emphasize care of our military population.  Nursing overall is represented in this larger group by the VA, NLN, ANA, and AANP.  AANP is the only NP-specific organization – we need a good showing of NP support!  AANP is the working directly with the physician groups and directly the White House on this endeavor.  ANA is collecting the pledges on behalf of all the nursing organizations for the Joining Forces initiative. 

A pledge – what does that mean?  It means pledging support of the initiative, not money, but support in the form of creative endeavors within our organizations and institutions.  I am pasting a list of possibilities below – the list was drawn from the list posted on ANA’s website on behalf of the larger joining Forces Initiative. 

Please ask everyone to reach out and encourage all organizations to register their pledge at  www.anajoiningforces.org  and schools to register at  https://joiningforces.wufoo.com/forms/support-joining-forces/  

DEADLINE:  EOB on TUESDAY 4/3/2012 

 

List   of ideas for how organizations can help [posted on ANA website on behalf of Joining   Forces]

From   Joining Forces

  • Make   a public pledge to train all your members (or even more ambitious- all   practitioners in your discipline) in the basics of what you think they   need to know in caring for military service members, Veterans, and their   families when it comes to military culture, PTSD, TBI, and other common   combat-related conditions
  • Encourage   your members to ask all their patients whether they (or someone in their   family) have ever served in the military
  • Create   a Joining Forces landing page with resources and links to military culture,   PTSD, TBI, etc.
  • Run   an article in your organization’s membership publication highlighting what   your members can expect in caring for this population, the basics of what   they need to know, and what resources are available
  • Send   a blast email to your members on this initiative with links to educational   information
  • Use   Twitter and Facebook to disseminate educational information
  • Provide   CE or links to CE on PTSD, TBI, depression, and suicide prevention
  • Invite   a guest speaker to talk about health conditions affecting the military and   Veterans at your annual, state, or regional conferences
  • Highlight   or disseminate lectures on PTSD, TBI, and other clinical conditions affecting   this population
  • Run   a special edition on military/Veteran health in your journal
  • Develop   tools such as pocket cards on military culture and common clinical conditions   affecting the military and Veteran population that can be handed out to all   your members
  • Track   training via your website to ensure effective dissemination
  • Support   research on military/Veterans health
  • Explore   creation of a credentialing/certification standard regarding military and   Veterans health
  • Ask   your licensing board to include educational information in their renewal   mailing
  • Partner   with a community-based organization to support military or Veterans health
  • Plan   one event every month for the next year to highlight your organization’s   commitment to supporting our service members, Veterans and their families
  • Plan   an event to show your support on Veterans Day
  • Work   with your local VA hospital or VA outpatient clinic to improve care for   Veterans
  • Partner   with other health professionals to support high quality multi-disciplinary   care for this population