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VA Milwaukee health care top stories.

  • Veterans and community leaders marked Memorial Day with a solemn observance on the historic Milwaukee VA grounds and Wood National Cemetery May 25.

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  • Hospitals that claim to put their prime focus on patient-centered care — but aren’t seeing the results they desire — are failing because they’re neglecting the needs of the staff attending to those patients.

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  • Outstanding nurses with the Zablocki VA Health Care System were honored May 4 during the annual Nursing Recognition Ceremony, which kicked off Nurses Week 2026.

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  • A registered nurse in Community Care and a nurse practitioner in Plastic Surgery took home top honors at the Milwaukee VA’s annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony April 30.

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  • Recognizing the valuable role chaplains can — and do — play in helping struggling Veterans is the topic for the 2026 VISN 12 Mental Health Summit.

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  • A giant hug. That’s how one family described the support they received recently at the Milwaukee VA Fisher House.

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  • “The house is full.” It’s a phrase sometime heard in the Milwaukee VA Medical Center, and it means that very few, if any, beds are available for new patients.

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  • VA dietitians are food and nutrition experts trained to offer medical nutrition therapy and promote healthy lifestyle choices using a whole health approach.

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  • Officially, they are the Waukesha Elks Lodge. But to many a Veteran struggling with homelessness, they are angels.

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  • Five years ago, U.S. Navy Veteran Chris was living in a dicey apartment in a building infested with bugs and rats and beset by drug users.

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