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Nurse Administration Program Class of 2002



Our Class

We are a diverse group of 13 registered nurses from a variety of backgrounds. Our experience at UCLA has been a challenging and invaluable journey that has brought us together as a team. Please contact us with any questions, ideas, or comments!


Nurse Administration Program

This dynamic program prepares us to fulfill advanced practice administrative, case management, consultative, and entrepreneurial roles in a variety of settings. As noted by an asterisk (*), four of us are specializing in occupational and environmental health.


GO BRUINS!

* Paulette Anest, RN BSN
  • Perinatal/Maternal-Child Nurse
  • Experience: nurse manager for maternal/child department
  • Undergraduate: John Hopkins University
John Barnes, RN BSN
  • Oncology Nurse Manager UCLA Medical Center
  • Undergraduate: California State University, Fresno
Julia Barrows, RN BSN
  • Case Management- Care Coordinator
  • Experience: medical-surgical, interventional radiology, OR, PACU
  • Undergraduate: California State University Dominiquez Hills
  • RGN: Royal Free Hospital, London
Lillian Briones, RN BSN
  • Emergency Room Nurse
  • Experience: county/teaching facility
  • Undergraduate: California State Long Beach
Karen R. Buenaventura, RN, BSN, PHN
  • NICU Staff Nurse Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
  • Experience: Neonatal intensive care, home health, allergy
  • Undergraduate: Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles
Debbie Costa, RN, BSN, MICN
  • Case Manager
  • Experience: emergency, charge nurse, critical care, cardiac cath lab, and educator
  • Undergraduate: University of Arizona
Diana Del Pizzo, RN BSN
  • Perioperative Nurse
  • Experience: PACU, OR circulator
  • Undergraduate: University of Arizona
LCDR Lori S. Frank, NC, USN
  • Navy Nurse
  • Experience: same day surgery, emergency, quality improvement, credentialing, and managed care
  • Undergraduate: Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Sonia R. Ramos, RN, BSN, CCRN
  • Director Adult Critical Care Services UCI Medical Center
  • Undergraduate: California State University Fullerton
* Nancy Shinosuka, RN BSN PHN
  • Postpartum Staff RN Kaiser Los Angeles Metropolitan
  • Undergraduate: Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
Julie Sorg, RN BSN
  • Adult Cardiac Critical Care nurse UCLA Medical Center
  • Experience: heart and lung transplant
  • Undergraduate: The Ohio State University
* Virgin Waters, RN BSN PHN
  • L.A. County Public Health Nurse
  • Experience: public health nursing for eight years
  • Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles
* Daria Zandi, RN BSN CEN
  • Forensic Nurse, Research Assistant
  • Experience: sexual assault evidentiary examinations, expert witness testimony, emergency, family practice, psychiatry, home health, worker's compensation
  • Undergraduate: San Diego State University

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Please email any questions or comments about this webpage to: Daria Zandi. This page was last updated on 03/01.