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Honoring the Practice of Nursing is the Focus of National Nurses Week
Nurses make a difference—every day, anytime, anywhere, always—is the message from the Defense Health Agency as National Nurses Week is celebrated, May 6-12, 2024. Around the Military Health System, nurses provide essential, person-centered care that keeps our military communities healthy. Military and civilian nurses make a difference through their essential contributions to the DHA mission of improving health and building readiness.
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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.
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Meet part of the Armed Services Blood Program team! Staff Sergeant Davis, a lab technician in the initial processing section, explains the necessary importance of proper intake and storage of blood donations. This video is vertical with embedded subtitles for social media.
For Lab Week awareness, we follow Staff Sargeant Watson, a lab technician in the phlebotomy section, as she helps to draw blood donations during 2024's MHS Conference, where they are then delivered to initial intake processing. Meet part of the Armed Services Blood Program team! Staff Sargeant Watson is a lab technician in the phlebotomy section, who helps to draw blood donations during 2024's MHS Conference, where they are then delivered to initial intake processing. This video is vertical with embedded subtitles for social media.
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