Nurse Education Clinical Rotations
VA Portland Health Care System offers learning opportunities for undergraduate nurses, graduate nurses, and certified nursing assistants. As part of the nation’s largest health care system, our trained clinical faculty prepares health care professionals to provide the highest standard of care and compassion to Veterans.
Who to Contact?
We are excited that you have chosen the VA for your clinical rotations! If you have questions about the clinical placement process, guidelines, or clinical rotation options, contact the clinical placement Coordinator:
Email: Kyra.Pappas@va.gov
For questions about paperwork or to turn in paperwork, please contact the Office of Academic Affiliations.
Clinical Placement Request Process
All clinical placements must be approved by the VA Nurse Clinical Placement Coordinator. The clinical placement process takes around 3 months to complete (1 month for confirming placements site and 2 months to onboard). Please keep this in mind when planning your clinical rotations. You will receive an email from the clinical placement team letting you know if your placement has been approved.
Undergraduate Process
Placement requests for undergraduate should be placed on ACEMAPP about 3 months prior to clinical rotation start date. If you do not have access to ACEMAPP, please contact the Clinical Placement Coordinator.
If placement is approved, the clinical placement coordinator will confirm in ACEMAPP and send a confirmation email that includes education partner point of contact and the unit manager. Once rotation is confirmed, Education Partner will need to complete the forms below and return them to the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) to start the onboarding process. This will take about 8 weeks to complete.
Graduate Process
All clinical rotation requests are to be submitted to the VA Clinical Rotation team using the Clinical Rotation Request Form.
Please submit your requests by the following:
- Fall (August-December) Clinical Rotation requests: June 1
- Winter/Spring (Jan-April) Clinical Rotation requests: October 1
- Summer (May-July) Clinical Rotation requests: February 1
Once the clinical preceptor is confirmed, the VA Clinical Rotation team will send an email with the preceptor, school clinical rotation point of contact, and student included. The email will have all onboarding paperwork and next steps included. Onboarding takes around 8 weeks to complete. The student can start their clinical rotation as soon as they have their VA Badge.
Once the clinical preceptor is confirmed, the VA Clinical Rotation team will send an email with the preceptor, school clinical rotation point of contact, and student included. The email will have all onboarding paperwork and next steps included. Onboarding takes around 8 weeks to complete. The student can start their clinical rotation as soon as they have their VA Badge.
What to Return
All onboarding documents will be sent to the School of Nursing clinical placement point of contact. Please return all paperwork electronically by email. No hard copies, mailed in copies, or faxes will be accepted.
Nursing in Action
These posters are featured in the 2023 Nursing Annual Report. This highlights the work from many aspects of nursing throughout the VA Portland Healthcare System. We are all pieces of the whole, and we are stronger together. Feel free to browse or download the attachment.