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AMBULATORY CARE In Little Rock we have Little Rock Primary Care ( firm A, firm B and firm R ). We have Specialty Clinics that provide a wide range of services for our Veterans. Some of the


services offered are, but not limited to, Cardiology, ENT, Dermatology, Pulmonary, Orthopedics, Hand, Neurology just to name a few.  Ambulatory Care also encompasses the Emergency Room,


Hemo/Onc outpatient and inpatient services.  SURGERY SERVICE Our peri-operative nursing area includes a 16 suite Operating Room providing surgical care for patients in the following areas:


general surgery, endoscopy, neurosurgery, thoracic, orthopedics, urology, vascular, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, plastics, gynecology, podiatry, and pain management. Various laproscopic,


endograft, and laser procedures are performed routinely. MEDICAL/SURGICAL Medical/Surgical nursing at the VA features competent nursing care to adult and older adult veterans with various


diagnoses and procedures. Care delivery settings include telemetry, step-down, surgical and medical units. SPECIALTY CARE * Critical care - SICU, MICU, and CCU serve inpatient, chronic, and


acute medical and surgical patients. * Post-anesthesia care - provide intensive short term care to adults receiving general, regional, or intravenous sedation. * Ambulatory surgery unit


(ASU) - provides outpatient and inpatient care to adults receiving monitored anesthesia; local, general, or regional anesthesia, and/or intravenous sedation. * Recovery unit - provides


outpatient and inpatients care to Veterans receiving intravenous sedation for diagnostic procedures in pulmonary, GI, and cardiac cath lab. * Dialysis unit - provides care to patients


requiring acute and chronic dialysis.