The VA Nursing Academic Partnerships (VANAP) expands learning opportunities for nursing students at VA facilities and prepares future Registered Nurses to care for military Veterans whether inside the VA Healthcare System or at any other medical treatment facility.

The Veterans Affairs Nursing Academic Partnership in Graduate Education (VANAP-GE) offers psychiatric nurse practitioner students focused didactic and clinical experience in the psychiatric care of Veterans.

Post-Baccalaureate - Registered Nurse Residency (PB-RNR) is a federally funded academic-based residency program that provides training to newly licensed RNs in the role of trainee, prior to becoming a staff nurse.

The mission of Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Residency is to enhance the competencies of Mental Health Nurse Practitioner residents and to prepare highly qualified leaders in an interprofessional environment with expertise in Veteran-centric care while emphasizing competency-based learning, quality improvement and scholarship.

The mission of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Residency is to enhance the competencies of Primary Care Nurse Practitioner residents and to prepare highly qualified leaders in an interprofessional environment with expertise in Veteran-centric care while emphasizing practice-based learning and improvement.

The Veterans Careen Advancement in Nursing (Veterans CAN!) is for military veterans, active duty reservists and those in the national guard to transition into a professional nursing career and earn a BSN degree in nursing.

The VA Quality Scholars program develops the next generation of health professionals to improve healthcare through innovations, quality improvement, and patient safety. Through a partnership with the Birmingham VA Health Care System, candidates appointed to this 2-year Fellowship opportunity are supported in their development as leaders and scholars in healthcare improvement.

Caring for America's Heroes is a distance-accessible elective course designed to increase students understanding of long-term and high-acuity internal and external environmental variables which affect the health of and veterans within the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA). Knowledge gained in this course can be applied to the care of VHA patients across a variety of care settings.

The UAB School of Nursing joined the ranks of hundreds of nursing schools and organizations dedicated to educating nursing students on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and other unique health care needs of veterans and their families. The Joining Forces initiative was launched in April 2012 in an effort to mobilize all sectors of society to support service members and their families.