VA Academy

Fairfield University School of Nursing is launching a new initiative and partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs called the VA Nursing Academy. Fairfield University is one of four colleges in the country for a unique partnership between nursing practice and nursing education. The partnership expands nursing education to provide students with opportunities to participate in educational and practice innovations in classroom and clinical settings. In addition, there is a scholarship program which will provide financial assistance in exchange for an obligation to work at a VA facility anywhere in the United States for a period of time following graduation from Fairfield's Second Degree Nursing Program.

For information on the Second Degree program, please contact the School of Nursing at (203) 254-4150 or e-mail Joan Millen. For additional information, please click on the links below.

• Fairfield University's accelerated second-degree program offers School of Nursing students the opportunity to work with veterans
• Fairfield University's School of Nursing one of four schools selected for U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Program to address nursing shortage