-LA VA Hiring More Nurses to Aid Homeless Vets: The bad news: More than 6,000 Veterans are sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles, by some estimates. The good news: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that between 2011 and 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System saw an estimated 22 percent decline in its homeless Veteran population. “Since 2009 we’ve increased the number of beds in permanent or transitional housing by 60 percent,” noted Donna Beiter, director of the Greater Los Angeles VA. “We’re also hiring more nurses to help us care for the homeless Veteran population out here. The RN now has a major role to play in this effort. In all likelihood, the number of nurses working in our homeless programs will double within the next year.”
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:46:49 +0000
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