Veterans Vision Statement

Creating Vision for Change

The Organization

The Department of Veterans is an organization formulated by the Federal Government and funded by taxpayer money. This federal agency is divided into three departments which include: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), and The National Cemetery Administration (NCA). The organization provides many vital services like health care, pension and benefits, and cemetery services to former members of the armed forces and their dependents. The Veterans Health Administration is the largest health care system in the United States provides health care service to 9 million veterans. The VHA system has 1,243 facilities of which 170 are medical centers and 1063 outpatient clinics providing a variety of services including inpatient services, mental health, critical care, lab services, radiology and physical therapy to mention a few ("Veterans Health Administration," 2017). The mission of the Veterans affairs was

This vision is greatly in line with the mission of the VA to “Honor American Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being” (VHA Strategic Plan, 2018). The internal stakeholders of the organization include the directors, departmental heads, nurse executives, employees. The vision for change can be presented to the directors, department heads and nurse executives through board meetings with the help of audio- visual presentations detailing the short- term and long-term goals, and the benefits of the change in the form of timely access to care thereby improving patient satisfaction. The message can be communicated to employees and other clinical staff through staff meeting, and daily