May 12, 2022
…his Associates Degree in Nursing and plans of take his National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in the summer to become a Registered Nurse. A Nursing Student’s DREAM Watching nurses tend to his beloved grandfather, diagnosed with terminal cancer, Christopher Vela decided he wanted to be a nurse, too. The level…
November 1, 2012
Margarita Baggett, MSN, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer (CNO) and interim chief operating officer (COO) for UC San Diego Health System has been elected President of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL), a prestigious statewide organization that advances the art and profession of nursing.
May 21, 2020
…may be impossibly daunting. Nursing student conducting wellness checks via phone. Spurred by concern for seniors in San Diego, Dr. Parag Agnihotri, Chief Medical Officer at UC San Diego Health Population Health Services Organization, gathered a team to begin checking on patients, often by simply calling them to see how…
December 5, 2011
Margarita M. Baggett, MSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, UC San Diego Health System, is the winner of Nursing Management’s 2011 Visionary Leader award. The annual award recognizes a nurse leader who “views nursing as both art and science by promoting caring and competence as the link between science and humanity.”
December 14, 2022
UC San Diego Health is the only institution in the region to receive grant funding from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information to provide support for underrepresented high school students interested in entering health care.
December 14, 2011
…Health System was bestowed Magnet® status by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in nursing practice. UC San Diego Health System is one of 25 health systems in California to achieve this prestigious recognition.
October 29, 2020
Registered nurses Daniel Ambler and Rose Deocampo graduated from the New Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Becoming a Nurse in the Era of COVID-19 When a nurse is asked why he or she chose to enter the profession, the common answer often revolves around the…
May 6, 2021
Nurses By Day, Social Justice Activists By Night Laura Chechel, center, with Christina Kelley and Danisha Jenkins on right, standing together with other local nurses during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Since May 2020, a team of registered nurses in San Diego have taken part in efforts advocating…
February 3, 2020
In the first national study of its size, researchers at UC San Diego have found that nurses are at higher risk of suicide than the general population. Results were published in the February edition of WORLDviews on Evidence Based-Nursing.
February 6, 2018
UC San Diego Health has been selected by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of 561 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), ensuring as many as 10.5 million Medicare beneficiaries across the United States have access to high-quality, coordinated care.
