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My SpecialtyHematology/Oncology, Devon Ballentine, UCLA Santa MonicaUsing new therapies and clinical collaboration to help patients fight cancerDevon Ballentine, RN, BSN Clinical Nurse II, Charge Nurse AMN Hematology/Oncology Unit UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center Please share with us a little about your career. I joined UCLA Health as a new grad. I’ve been with this great organization...
Men In Nursing 2020Adam Fronczek, Resource Team Director, UCLA Medical CenterLooking back on this year, what have been the biggest changes in your practice? The Resource Team, also known as the float team, fills inpatient staffing shortages at both Santa Monica and Reagan hospitals. During the pandemic, we’ve been especially...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurse Practitioners for Mental HealthProgram to add 300 NPs in CaliforniaCalifornia’s supply of mental health providers is about to get a major shot in the arm: The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) and three UC schools of nursing have just launched a new program to train 300 additional psychiatric mental health nurse...

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My SpecialtyAssociate Professor and PNP, Nancy Pike, UCLA School of NursingTraining APRNs to fill the primary care gapNancy Pike, RN, Ph.D., CPNP-AC/PC, FAAN Associate Professor and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner UCLA School of Nursing Please tell us about your nursing career journey. I’ve been a nurse for 34 years. I graduated with my BSN from Penn State University...
FeatureWired Hospitals: UCLA Medical Center and High-Fidelity ManikinsLights! Camera! Action! Septic Shock?It was bloody. The first big simulation Kenneth M. Miller, RN, MSN, CCRN, CHSE, ran as nursing simulation program coordinator at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was a hemorrhagic splenectomy in the operating room. He did everything he could to make it...
CNO Roundtable 2023Question 7: The CNO JourneyWhat do you love most about being a CNO?Given the recent and ongoing challenges facing healthcare, we asked our panelists to take a moment to ponder what they find most rewarding about their leadership role. Nancy Blake, LAC+USC Medical Center My favorite part is mentoring staff and...

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CNO Roundtable 2023Question 4: New Grad RNsWhat do you see as the biggest challenges in preparing new grad RNs today?Our panel discusses the many challenges in preparing new graduate RNs for the current practice environment, and what the panelists wish was part of nursing school curriculum. Gloria Carter, Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center Two of the...
CNO Roundtable 2023Question 6: Advice for Future LeadersWhat advice do you have for nurses interested in a leadership career?Our panelists offer their advice for aspiring nurse leaders, including non-nursing subjects to study and constructive habits to develop early. Nancy Blake, LAC+USC Medical Center Early in your employment, you should become familiar with budgeting...
CNO Roundtable 2023Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2023Celebrating Nurses WeekEach year, we celebrate Nurses Week by inviting chief nursing officers from California hospitals to participate in a roundtable discussing important issues facing nurses today. This year, we asked our panel to respond to the following seven questions:...

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