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The DAISY Nurse Leader Award is among the highest recognitions a nursing professional can receive. It recognizes nurses who are extraordinary in the impact they have on high-quality, compassionate patient care.

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Throughout the month of December, 90 students from Cross Creek High School, collected personal hygiene items including toothpaste, lotion and deodorant to donate to VA Augusta Veterans.

Cross Creek High School staff and students collect personal hygiene items for Veterans

It’s not just a pat on the back, it’s one step closer to a Veteran foot in the door to permanent housing.

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What is your contraception of choice? It’s not a question men hear very often.

Graphic about vasectomy

Veterans in the CSRA will soon have greater access to mammography screenings to prevent, detect and treat breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Survivors kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month

At VA, employees take their role in the treatment of Veterans seriously. It’s a mission of care for the Veteran and their families.

VA employee creates card

Splish, splash, pour, tie-dye – Veterans from the VA Augusta Health Care System Community Living Center took turns making a mess during the first Community Living Center (CLC) Outdoor Messy Art Day on Sep. 16, 2022.

Veteran painting canvas outside

One VA employee had a productive first week on the job.

Physical therapy assistant puts invention on Veteran's foot

Out of the 9 million Veterans in the United States, one million aged 50 and older will develop colorectal cancer over the remainder of their lives and nearly 433,000 Veterans will die from it. But one VA research team is working hard to change those numbers.

Dr. Kebin Liu in the lab

More than 800 members of community attended the recent job fair held at the Augusta VA Health Care System’s uptown campus.

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