Serving Those Who Served: Improving Health Equity for Military Veterans

Includes a Live Web Event on 04/28/2025 at 1:30 PM (EDT)

Veterans face complex health issues that can include both physical and emotional injuries resulting from their military service. The environment in which military service personnel live and work can create risks for a wide array of health conditions. Without an effective process to assess and manage these risks, veterans may experience inequities in how clinicians care for them, which can lead to health disparities. This session will provide participants with an overview of the complexity of caring for military veterans and solutions to help prepare health care workers to provide better, and more holistic care to veterans.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, learners will be able to:

• Describe health risk factors commonly associated with military service    

• Discuss how to reduce health disparities for veterans through enhanced communication and information sharing within the patient-provider encounter    

• Describe the action planning steps to promote an equitable health care experience for veterans 

Contact Hours: 1
CRNI® RUs: 2

Shannon Davila, MSN, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, CIC, FAPIC

Shannon Davila, MSN, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, CIC, FAPIC, currently serves as the Executive Director of Emergency Care Research Institute’s (ECRI’s) Total Systems Safety. With a clinical background in adult critical care nursing, Ms Davila specializes in infection prevention, patient safety, and health care quality improvement. She currently sits on the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety.

She has authored a book and published several articles that focus on the importance of infection prevention and patient safety. In 2016, Ms Davila was honored with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Heroes of Infection Prevention Award. 

Ms Davila has served in the United States Air Force and was appointed to sit on the New Jersey Commission for Women Veterans. She is certified in just culture, patient safety, infection control, health care quality, as a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer and High Reliability coach. She received her BSN from the University of Southern Maine, her MSN from Walden University, and in 2020 was  designated by APIC as a fellow in infection prevention (FAPIC).

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