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Charles George VA Medical Center

Chief Nurse Executive Dave Przestrzelski and Licensed Practical Nurse Jim Luetkenhaus won in the Nurse Executive and Licensed Practical Nurse categories respectively.

VA Awards: WLOS interviewed Mr. Przestrzelski concerning the Secretary VA awards. Go to the link for the article.

What the interview didn’t capture is Mr. P talking about the amazing nurse/staff he gets to work for every day. He discussed the awards being given since 1984, the categories of the awards, the competition among more than 100,000 nurses nationwide in VA for these prestigious [more...]

Posted: 08/07/20 17:58 by WNC MOAA under "Fun"

Charles George VA Medical Center - Decoding VA Acronyms

Sometimes looking at your records can feel like you're looking at alphabet soup. The Western North Carolina VA Health Care System is providing this list to make it easier.

As a Veteran, looking at your health records can sometimes feel like you're looking at alphabet soup. Something that should be simple feels as if it's "ate up like a soup sandwich" as many drill sergeants used to say.

Well, the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System wants to make it easy.

Per system policy, when symbols, abbreviations and acronyms are used in a Veteran's health record, there must be an explanatory legend or standardized list available to decipher their meaning. [more...]

Posted: 07/14/20 14:31 by WNC MOAA under "Business"