CNO Roundtable 2023
Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2023
Celebrating Nurses Week
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Each 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:
- Why do you think the public has such a strong trust in nurses?
- How can nurses work more effectively within multidisciplinary teams?
- What’s a noteworthy nurse-led project you’ve seen recently?
- What do you see as the biggest challenges in preparing new grad RNs today?
- What’s a new technology you think will be commonplace in 10 years?
- What advice do you have for nurses interested in a leadership career?
- What do you love most about being a CNO?
Thank you to this year’s esteemed panel:
- Nancy Blake, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC, NHDP-BC, FAONL, FACHE, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, LAC+USC Medical Center
- Annabelle Duschane Braun, RN, DNP, NE-BC, VP of Patient Care/Chief Nursing Officer, MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center, Fountain Valley
- Lori Burnell, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC, Sr. VP/Chief Nursing Officer, Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys
- Gloria Carter RN, MSN, CENP, VP/Chief Nursing Officer, Dignity Health – St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach
- Anita Girard, RN, DNP, CPHQ, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer & VP of Nursing Department, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles
- Karen Grimley, RN, Ph.D., MBA, FACHE, NEA-BC, FAAN, Chief Nursing Executive, UCLA Health, Los Angeles
- Katie Hughes, RN, MSN, CRRN, Chief Nursing Officer, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona
- Evelyn Ku, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, VP/Chief Nursing Officer, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Santa Clarita
- Joyce Leido, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, CPHIMS, Chief Nurse Executive, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
- Deborah McCoy, RN, MS, FACHE, VP/Chief Nursing Officer, USC Arcadia Hospital
- Theresa Murphy, RN, MSHCA, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale
- Jinhee Nguyen, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Patient Care Executive, Adventist Health Glendale
- Tanya Osborne-McKenzie, RN, DNP, MBA, NEA-BC, CPPS, Chief Nursing Officer, MLK Community Healthcare, Los Angeles
- Gloria Sanchez-Rico, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-RN, Sr. VP/CNO, Huntington Health, an Affiliate of Cedars-Sinai, Pasadena
- Dianne Sauco, RN, MSN, MSHCA, Chief Nursing Officer, PIH Health Downey Hospital
- Darlene Scafiddi, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Executive VP of Patient Care, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
