Veteran to Bachelor of Science in Nursing: Maximizing Medic Training, Transitioning to Bachelor’s Prepared Nurse, and Returning to Lead
Valuable information from 2 universities with innovative civilian academic nursing programs for military medics and corpsmen, reveals the laudable amount of VBSN students' success to becoming RNs. Encouragement and guidance from military healthcare leadership is both needed and important when counseling medics and corpsmen seeking enrollment within these Veteran-specific nursing programs.
Authors
- Myrna L. Armstrong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-8168)
- Alicia Gill Rossiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7140-9338)
- Deborah L. Sikes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1548-5322)
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf578
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Education and Military Integration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.93