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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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In a joint effort, 28 Illinois Air National Guardsmen from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, performed two weeks of annual training by assisting the hospital at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael Patterson)
Air Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb, director of the Defense Health Agency, and Dr. David Smith, deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Health Readiness Policy and Oversight, attend Committee on Military Trauma Care’s Learning Health System and its Translation to the Civilian Sector meeting in Washington, D.C.
Lisa Croswait donates whole blood with Armed Services Blood Program at the Pentagon Blood Donor Center.
San Antonio Military Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine Air Force Capt. Erin Hanlin (left) and Dr. Jeremiah Johnson practice using an Ultrasound 3-D Simulator during the SIM Center open house. (Photo by Robert Shields, BAMC Public Affairs)
Soldiers and civilian personnel choose food items from the new Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning (THOR 3) menu, at the U.S. John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School dining facility, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The dining facility is employing U.S. Army Special Operations Command's THOR 3 nutrition program and collecting data to assess its effectiveness for Army Special Operations Forces Soldiers. (Photo by Sgt. Kyle Fisch, USASOC Public Affairs)
Specalist Albana Luli (left), a transport management specialist with the 159th Support Operations Company, receives her H1N1 shot from Pfc. Amber Hale, a medic with the 34th Infantry Division. Reserve and guard units get RHRP services through regularly scheduled readiness group events or on an as-needed basis. Those service members preparing to deploy are examined, especially for dental care, and their vaccinations are updated. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Francis Horton.)
A technician draws platelets to prepare them for a series of tests to determine platelet function at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Steven Galvan)
U.S. Navy Cmdr. William Cavill examines a child before her surgery aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort in Roseau, Dominica. The medical care is part of Continuing Promise, a civil-military effort that includes humanitarian-civil assistance, medical, dental and veterinary support. Cavill is an anesthesiologist assigned to Naval Hospital Pensacola, Florida. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lance Hartung)
U.S. Army Capt. Molly Byrnes tows a sled stretcher through one of the lanes during Expert Field Medical Badge qualification. The Expert Field Medical Badge is awarded to service members in medical professions who pass a variety of tests designed to measure proficiency in medical procedures, tactical skills and physical conditioning. (U. S. Army photo by Sgt. Austan R. Owen)
Lieutenant Colonel Kimberly DeVore, chief of Evans Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, practices with the da Vinci surgical system control modular.
Navy surgeons aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy perform cataract surgery on a patient during Pacific Partnership 2015.
David Bowen, director of the Health Information Directorate for the Defense Health Agency and chief information officer for Military Health System, addresses attendees at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Health Summit in Washington, D.C., July 31.
Students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences go through an exercise to test their combat casualty care skills.
Army Lt. Col. Mark Mellott explains the “Remotely Caring for Vulnerable Populations during a Pandemic” project to a patron at the Global City Teams Challenge in Washington, D.C.
Defense Health Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb and his son, Luke, meet with Team Air Force briefly before closing ceremony for the 2015 Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on June 28, 2015.
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