The Community Living Center (CLC) Nurse is assigned to the Patient Care Service. The CLC Nurse cares for a specific population of Veterans in a variety of settings which includes emergency department, primary care clinics, specialty clinics/programs, extended care programs, community-based outpatient clinics, inpatient care, residential, and ambulatory surgery programs. The RN incorporates Veteran age, gender, sexual orientation, culture, and learning abilities in the plan of care.
Providing Health Care for Veterans: The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
