Findings and Recommendations From the State of the Art (SOTA) Conference on Nursing Research to Improve Veteran Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the largest employer of nurses in the United States, has more than 120,000 nursing personnel providing care to over 9 million Veterans across diverse settings. Despite nursing's central role in delivering and sustaining care, research on strengthening the nursing workforce and optimizing nursing practice has remained underdeveloped in VHA. To address this gap, VHA's Office of Research and Development, in partnership with the Office of Nursing Services, convened a State of the Art (SOTA) conference in November 2023 focused on nursing. The Nursing SOTA brought together nurses, researchers, operational leaders, and other stakeholders to review current evidence, identify research gaps, and develop recommendations. Five priority areas were identified: p

SUBMITTER: Schlak AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12685319 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature