About Us

"UCLA Health is nursing excellence in action. The same skills that were used to stand up our COVID-19 care are the skills and competencies used by our nurses every day. We rely on science, we live the UCLA Health vision, and we are passionate about our relationships with our patients, their families and our colleagues. We rely on those relationships for ideas as well as for solace and support. All of these elements made two Magnet® redesignations possible.
I believe the primary silver lining of COVID-19 is knowing that UCLA Health Nursing is an exemplar of nursing excellence because of who we are and our passion for what we do." - Karen Grimley

Karen Grimley, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
Chief Nursing Executive, UCLA Health,
Chief Nursing Officer, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Assistant Dean, UCLA School of Nursing

Quanna Batiste-Brown, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer,
Ambulatory Care Nursing

K. David Bailey, PhD, RN, MBA, CCRN-K, NEA-BC, FACHE
Chief Nursing Officer,
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Patrick D. Loney, BSN, MBA, RN
Chief Nursing Officer,
UCLA Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital