Lompoc (Calif.) Valley Medical Center named Yvette Cope, MSN, RN, chief nurse executive, effective Jan. 1, 2018, according to a NoozHawk report.
Here are four takeaways:
1. Ms. Cope is currently assistant nurse executive at the hospital.
2. She previously served in a number of managerial roles at the hospital, including director of the critical care unit and director of the emergency department.
3. She joined Lompoc Valley Medical Center in 2010, prior to which she worked at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., and Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii.
4. Ms. Cope serves as vice president of Central Coast Nurse Professionals, a professional nursing organization.