Friends of NPACE Podcast | Season 3 Episode 23: The Transition Home: Understanding Veterans Mental Health After Military Service
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Leaving the military is often framed as the end of the hard part, but for many service members the transition home is where the real struggle begins. This conversation examines why the move from military to civilian life carries such weight on mental health, and what clinicians and communities can do to recognize the risk and meet veterans where they are.
*Due to rapidly changing clinical knowledge, once purchased, you have 90 days access to complete this education.
Credits: 1.00 Contact Hours
Expiration Date: August 19th, 2027
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Dr. Ali Tayyeb
Ph.D., RN, NPD-BC, PHN, FADLN, FAAN
Dr. Tayyeb works where nursing meets policy, education, and advocacy, reading institutions for what their structures actually reward rather than what they claim to value. Educated at the University of San Diego, where he earned his PhD in nursing, and at California State University, Los Angeles, where he completed his MSN in nursing education and his BSN, his work is shaped by his service as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman and by a fellowship in both the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing. His writing names the distance between a credential and real competency, and the translation tax paid by those who move between professional worlds, a body of work recognized with the AACN Visionary Leadership Pioneering Spirit Award and the ANA California President's Award. He writes and consults as a disrupter of structures that no longer serve the communities they were built for, grounded in mentorship, fair attribution, and the conviction that nurses deserve a professional exchange that honors what they give.
After listening to this podcast learners will:
- Describe how the military-to-civilian transition itself functions as a mental health stressor, including the loss of structure, identity, and belonging that service members navigate after separation.
- Recognize warning signs and risk factors for behavioral health crises during the transition period, including the conditions that elevate suicide risk among recently separated veterans.
- Identify how clinicians and community members can support veterans through transition, from how they ask about service to where they connect veterans with resources.
Obtain Your Credits
To earn credits for this activity, you must complete all course components in the following order: 1) watch the course presentation video; 2) complete the course evaluation; 3) pass the post-test with a score of 2/3 (66.7%) or higher. You may retake the post-test until a passing score is achieved, at which point you will be able to view/print a copy of your certificate of completion. This online certificate will also be saved within your profile dashboard transcript for future access.
Designation Statement
NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours. Participants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement
Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Faculty
Contributing faculty, Dr. Ali Tayyeb Ph.D., RN, NPD-BC, PHN, FADLN, FAAN has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Planners
All planners and contributors involved in this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Disclaimer
The material presented in this continuing education program is being made available for educational purposes only and is not intended to represent the best or only methods, medications and/or guidelines appropriate for the medical situation discussed. Rather the material is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the presenter(s), which may be helpful, or of interest to other practitioners and should not be used by clinicians without the evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. NPACE disclaims any liability, loss, injury, or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any information given in a presentation.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may mention the uses of products that are not approved by the FDA for the indication(s) being discussed. The presenter(s) are instructed to notify participants when they are discussing unapproved uses or investigational agents. The opinions related to unapproved uses of products are solely those of the presenter(s) and are not endorsed or recommended by NPACE. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
