{"id":39843,"date":"2017-11-01T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/?p=39843"},"modified":"2017-11-01T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:00:29","slug":"students-ross-medical-brighton-make-cards-local-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/students-ross-medical-brighton-make-cards-local-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Students at Ross Medical in Brighton Make Cards for Local Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Medical Education Center Brighton Veterans Day Cards\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In preparation for Veteran\u2019s Day, students from <a href=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/campus\/mi\/brighton.php\">Ross Medical Education Center in Brighton, Michigan<\/a> designed and assembled cards for the Veterans receiving care at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annarbor.va.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Arbor VA Medical Center<\/a>. \u201cVeteran\u2019s Day is our opportunity to say thank you to a special group of men and women,\u201d shared Susan Mall, Campus Director in Brighton. The campus was able to make cards for a handful of the nearly 100,000 veterans that are cared for daily by medical centers, nursing homes, and outpatient clinics that are a part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/health\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Health Administration<\/a> continues to meet the changing medical, surgical and quality-of-life needs presented by the nation\u2019s veterans. Some of their new programs offer treatment for suicide prevention, traumatic brain injuries, post traumatic stress disorder, female veteran needs, and more. According the VA website, \u201cThe VA has opened outpatient clinics, and established telemedicine and other services to accommodate a diverse Veteran population, and continues to cultivate ongoing medical research and innovation to improve the lives of America\u2019s patriots\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ross Medical Education Center Brighton Veterans Day Cards\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-39876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Brighton-Veterans-Day-Cards-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Students were honored to make cards for these American heroes. <a href=\"\/programs\/medical-insurance-billing-and-office-administration\/\">Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration program<\/a> student Jean Duncan feels it is important to recognize veterans to \u201cshow respect for those who served our country.\u201d Meagan Waldorf, a morning Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration student said she thinks making cards \u201cis also a way we can show our support.\u201d Students crafted cards with patriotic themes and words of thanks.<\/p>\n<p>The Veterans Health Administration operates one of the largest health care systems in the world and provides training for a majority of America\u2019s medical, nursing, and allied health professionals. In fact, approximately 60% of all medical residents obtain a portion of their training at VA hospitals, and VA medical research programs benefit society at-large. The powerful positive impact on the community is one of the reasons that Ross in Brighton is proud to work with their local VA hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for Veteran\u2019s Day, students from Ross Medical Education Center in Brighton, Michigan designed and assembled cards for the&hellip;<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/students-ross-medical-brighton-make-cards-local-veterans\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}