TITLE:
Investigating Veteran Status in Primary Care Assessment
AUTHORS:
Marietta Stanton
KEYWORDS:
Military, Veteran, Assessment, Primary care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.4 No.9,
August
27,
2014
ABSTRACT: This paper
emphasizes how in the process of interviewing patients, questions related to their
veteran status need to be assimilated into our assessment process. Failure to
determine that they are veterans may allow important issues and problems
related to their health status to go undetected. Adding questions to
our repertoire and knowing how to access a few key resources may assist patients
in maximizing their health care options.