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VA New York Harbor health care top stories.
Post Baccalaureate Nurse Residency Program at VA New York Harbor
Calling all newly licensed Registered Nurses: Enroll in VA New York Harbor’s One-Year Post Baccalaureate Nurse Residency Program! Rapidly develop your skills under the guidance of experienced preceptors and mentors.
New York City Veterans Named Finalists at National Veterans Creative Arts Competition
Last Fall, dozens of Veterans across the five boroughs submitted artwork in the form of paintings, creative writing, musical performances, dramatic interpretation, photography, and more to the 2022 National Veterans Creative Arts Competition.
Teamwork Brings Cancer Screening to the Manhattan VAMC
On an otherwise quiet, rainy morning at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System’s Manhattan Campus, Speech Language Pathologists Matthew Vespertino and Stephanie Bonowicz were busy setting up Harbor’s first in-person cancer screening event in over two years to commemorate Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week.
Former Refugee Joins VA and Fulfills A Lifelong Dream of Service
When Shpresa Islami, RN, arrived at the Staten Island Outpatient Clinic of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System ready to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, she didn’t realize that she would get to fulfill a lifelong goal.
Remembrance and Redemption
As patients and staff solemnly commemorated the 20th anniversary of September 11th during a ceremony held at the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Veteran and spoken-word poet Eugene Thomas Jr. shared his perspective of that fateful day.
