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OMAHA, Neb – The VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (VANWIHCS) staff is gearing up for this August's National Immunization Month activities to help Veterans better understand the importance of immunizations.

OMAHA, Neb. — Three nursing students in Nebraska completed 400 hours of training in the VA Student Trainee Experience Program (VA-STEP) based at the Omaha VA Medical Center on Thursday, August 3rd, 2023.

OMAHA, Neb. – VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (VA NWIHCS) has received its second straight National SimLEARN Advanced Simulation Lab certification. This prestigious recognition confirms the healthcare system's unwavering commitment to upholding top-tier healthcare education and training standards.

OMAHA, Neb. – As a daisy relies on a bee, so do nurses who rely upon the professional healthcare support staff they work with daily. This is the idea behind the ongoing effort to recognize nurses and the support staff they rely upon through the Daisy Foundation.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Donald Wilson dreamed of flying… of experiencing the exhilaration of air beneath his feet, the sounds of wind passing by his body, and the sight of the rolling landscape unfolding below him… for just one more time.

Omaha VA Medical Center Offers Monkeypox Vaccine by Appointment

OMAHA, Neb. -- Veterans participating in the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System’s “Desserts and Snacks to Fit Your Health” course at the Omaha VA Medical Center’s new Healthy Teaching Kitchen were in for an extra-special treat Friday, June 17.

Natalie Vankat admitted that her adrenaline and heart were pumping, Monday, Feb. 14. After months of conducting virtual cooking classes for Nebraska-Western Iowa Veterans using a teaching kitchen mobile cart she set up near her desk within the Omaha VA Medical Center, Vankat was finally going to get the opportunity to teach in the hospital’s new state-of-the-art Teaching Kitchen.

OMAHA, Neb. – After years of planning and more than a year of physical construction, the Omaha VA Medical Center put its eagerly-awaited newly redesigned inpatient kitchen into full operation today, Feb. 18.

(OMAHA, Neb.) – Make no bones about it, Charles “Rex” Gruber loves the staff at the Omaha VA Medical Center.