Nursing DNP faculty and residents help homeless veterans
(From left) Kristie Hoch, DNP, CRNA, MS, RRT, an associate clinical professor and program administrator for the nurse anesthesiology program, organizes the clothing donations with program residents Ashley Musante and Jas Gabbidon, at the Veteran Village. Hoch is a veteran of the Army and Army Reserve.
Faculty and residents in the University of Arizona College of Nursing’s Nurse Anesthesiology Doctor of Nursing Practice program have been giving back to unhoused veterans in Tucson this year by volunteering and donating food, gift cards and personal hygiene items to the Veteran Rescue Mission and Veteran Village.
Three of the faculty and several of the nurse anesthesiology residents are veterans themselves and found the experience very impactful. What was supposed to be a one-day volunteer event blossomed into something much more.
The organization’s mission is to locate homeless veterans to help them access benefits and reduce crime recidivism, homelessness and suicide. The Veteran Village offers shelter, a food pantry and clothing bank.
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Nursing DNP faculty and resident veterans help homeless vets
Quang Lu, a nurse anesthesiology resident at the UArizona College of Nursing, helps clear out an old trailer that was used to house homeless veterans at the Veteran Village.
UArizona College of Nursing faculty and nurse anesthesia residents cleaned and then restocked the food pantry with food they collected to donate to the Veteran Village and Reintegration Center.
Nurse anesthesiology resident Jas Gabiddon and her husband, Keith Gabiddon, volunteered to clean up the food pantry and other buildings at the Veteran Village and Reintegration Center as part of the community service that the UArizona College of Nursing program does each year.
Jim Reed, DNP, MSNA, CRNA, an associate professor in the nurse anesthesiology program at the UArizona College of Nursing, helps organize donated clothing at the Veteran Village and Reintegration Center. Reed is an Army veteran.
(From left) Daniel Palmas, a resident in the nurse anesthesiology program, stuffs a backpack with toiletries and gift cards with Kristie Hoch, DNP, CRNA, MS, RRT, an associate clinical professor and program administrator for the nurse anesthesiology program, to donate to the Veteran Village and Reintegration Center as part of a volunteer project in which the UArizona College of Nursing DNP specialty is taking part.
Christopher Herring, DNP, CRNA, an assistant clinical professor in the nurse anesthesiology program, moves a shelving unit out to clean from the food pantry at the Veteran Village. Herring is an Air Force veteran.
(Right) Jon McLane, founder of the Veteran Rescue Mission and Veteran Village and Reintegration Center talks with faculty and residents of the UArizona College of Nursing’s nurse anesthesiology program while they were volunteering at the center.
Reggie Elam, PhD, DNAP, CRNA, an assistant clinical professor at the UArizona College of Nursing, organizes toiletries at the Veteran Village and Reintegration Center.
Tim Ramos, a first-year resident in the nurse anesthesiology program and an Army veteran, carries boxes of shoes to the clothing donation center.
(From left) Phil Witte, Daniel Palmas and Tim Ramos, all nurse anesthesia residents in the UArizona College of Nursing, organize donated clothing at the Veteran Village.
UArizona College of Nursing nurse anesthesia program faculty and residents arrive at the Veteran Village on their first volunteer day with blankets, socks and gift cards to donate to the outreach program for unhoused veterans.
UArizona College of Nursing nurse anesthesia resident Aleksandra Siwik, prepares to start her volunteer shift at the Veteran Village and Reintegration Center.