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The Office of Nursing Services of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) piloted implementationof the clinical nurse leader (CNL) into the care delivery model and established a strategic goalin 2011 to implement the CNL role across the VA health care system. The VA Office of NursingServices CNL Implementation and Evaluation (CNL I&E) Service was created as one mechanismto facilitate that goal in response to a need identified by facility nurse executives for consultativesupport for CNL practice integration. This article discusses strategies employed by the CNL I&Econsultative team to help facility-level nursing leadership integrate CNLs into practice. Measuresof success include steady growth in CNL practice capacity as well as positive feedback fromnurse executives about the value of consultative engagement. Future steps to better integrateCNL practice into the VA include consolidation of lessons learned, collaboration to strengthenthe evidence base for CNL practice, and further exploration of the transformational potential ofCNL practice across the care continuum. Key words: clinical nurse leader, health care delivery,models, nursing, program evaluation
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