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UCLA
Kristine is currently a Team Lead for the Plastic Surgery Service at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Main Operating Room. During her 40+ years in Perioperative Nursing, she has had exposure to both community and teaching facilities. This has enabled her to apply her knowledge to assist patients through innovative and complex procedures. During that time, she has managed two surgical specialty services, Urology and Plastics, at Michael Reese Hospital and UCLA respectively. She achieved her RNFA Certificate in 1993.
As Perioperative Nursing has changed, she has accepted the challenge to assist in facilitating these advancements. Some of these include transitioning to an electronic medical record and developing the surgical nursing component of vascularized composite tissue transfer. While performing clinical patient care, she continues to be involved in departmental quality improvement projects at UCLA.