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Oakland nurses soar to new heights in their practice

Kaiser Permanente nurses demonstrated their commitment to creating and sustaining a culture of excellence by advancing their professional practice through earning advanced degrees, moving to the next level of the clinical ladder, obtaining national board certification, and graduating from the nurse residency program.

Nursing degrees earned

Regina Ham, MSN, BSN, RN, NP
Staff Nurse II, PICU

Jeniffer Naycalo DNP, MSN, RN, CNS, CCRN
Director, Nursing Professional Development East Bay
Director, Oakland Recuperative Skills, Stat & Wound Care

Gena Mathers, MSN, BSN, RN
Assistant Nurse Manager, ICU

Board certifications

Ann M. Aarons, BSN, RN, GERO-BC
NPD

Samantha M. Amen, DNP, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC
Clinical Adult Nursing Director

Yumi Arceneaux, BSN, RN, RNC-MNN
Assistant Nurse Manager, Maternity

Michelle De Guzman Carey, BSN, RN, CPHON
Staff Nurse IV, Pediatrics

Anjal Y. Pong, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CNOR
Magnet Program Director

Katie Purdy, MSN, BSN, RN, CPHON, CPNP-PC
Staff Nurse IV, Pediatrics

Laura Bermudez Ramos, BSN, RN, CPHON
Staff Nurse IV, Pediatrics

Nurse Residency graduates

Cohort 7

Latrice Johnson, BSN, RN
10S

Abby Lam, BSN, RN
10N

Jeremae Ebalang, BSN, RN
10N

Vindette Leonardo , RN
10N

Megha Sharma, RN
7N

Jenny Phung, BSN, RN
6N

Victoria Boateng, MSN, RN
9N

Jessica Mui, BSN, RN
8N

Kimberly Nguyen, BSN, RN
6N

Natsnet Keleta, BSN, RN
6N

Akiko Yuda, RN
10S

Ashley Gee, BSN, RN
9N

Cohort 8

Deepa Nugent, MSN, RN
6N

Shirley Varela, MSN, RN
9S

Ji Ahn Kim, BSN, RN
9S

Meena Neelakandan, BSN, RN
9N

Gleanna Marie Agustin, BSN, RN
9N

Jacob Magsalin, BSN, RN
10N

Seunghee Cindy Yatsko, RN
10N

Chelsea Schoenung, RN
8N

Mamta Gill, BSN, RN
8N

Jocelyn Diaz, BSN, RN
6N

<b>Cohort 9</b>

Gina Johnson, RN
6N

Qahera Saeed, BSN, RN
6N

Austin Chan, BSN, RN
7N

Rashmi Thajali, BSN, RN
7N

Eden Gavce, RN
8N

Kelsi Green, BSN, RN
8N

Thomas Giron, RN
9N

Raksha Oli, BSN, RN
9N

Sara Quintero, RN
9S

Muminat Tiamiyu, BSN, RN
9S

Fernando Moratinos, BSN, RN
10N

Career Ladder advancements

Stephen Kupiec, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN
Interim Associate Chief Nurse Executive

Shanelle R. House, DNP, MSN-CNL, NE-BC
Interim Clinical Service Director, Maternal Child Health

Gena Mathers, RN
Assistant Nurse Manager, ICU

Min Kim, BSN, RN
Interim 8 North Manager

Ehime Agbonkonkon, RN
Assistant Nurse Manager, 10 North

Clinical Nurse 4

Shafreena Ali, BSN, RN
NICU

Ziomara Aviles, RN
Emergency-Clinic Nurse

Mary Baker, BSN, RN, CEN
Gastroenterology-Endoscopy

James Barroso, BSN, RN
Emergency-Clinic Nurse

Jennifer Cadelina, RN
Oncology/Infusion

Cory Collins, MSN, BSN, RN
ER

Giselle Cortes, RN
Maternal Child Health

Eboni Cunningham, MSN, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNL
ICU

Mayuri Desai, BSN, RN, CPAN
Oakland Hospital – Recovery

Lizbeth Estrada, MSN, RN, AMC-BC
Head and Nck-Maxlofcl-

Janice Fong, RN
Intensive Care Unit- 1

Mary Gamido, BSN, RN
Med-Surg Unit 1

Rosa Garcia, RN
Emergency Dept

Beth Havens, BSN, RN, CEFM
Labor & Delivery

Gretchen Jewell, BSN, RN
Intensive Care Unit- 1

Rachel Johnson, RN
Emergency Dept

Jewell Jordan, BSN, RN
Labor & Delivery

Cheryl Joseph, RN
Oncology

Christina Keys-Dawkins, BSN, RN
Acute Care-Obstetrics Unit-1

Rebecca Morales, BSN, RN
NICU

Denise Nakatani, RN
General Surgery-Unit C

Saena Park, BSN, RN, CLC
Breastfeedng/Lactation

Tiffany Pesigan, BSN, RN
Emergency Dept

Loverna Quilatan, RN
OR

Adrienne Rogers, BSN, RN
Med-Tele Unit 1

Catherine Ruehle, BSN, RN
NICU

Muneyong Van Luen, RN
Radiology Interventional

Clinical Nurse 3

Ali Aimaq, BSN, RN
Med Tele Unit 3 10 North

Mary Aquino, BSN, RN
NICU

Myraleene Aranzamendez, BSN, RN
PICU Transport

Thomas Baldwin, RN
ICU

Genevieve Bautista, BSN, RN
Med/Tele Unit 2

Meggin Benkert, RN
Ambulatory Infusion Center

Tiffany Brinston, BSN, RN
Emergency Dept

Joy Calim, BSN, RN
Med Tele Unit 4 6 North

Tuni Cesena, MSN, BSN, RN
Oakland Hospital – Recovery

Irina Chase, RN
MbrEduc-Breastfeeding-Lac

Tiffany Chuhall, BSN, RN
Pediatrics

Kimberly Cruz, BSN, RN
Intensive Care Unit 1

Carly Dahl, BSN, RN
Labor & Delivery

Gwendolyn Ekeh, RN
Med – Surg 11 West

Nelson Fitzimmons, BSN, RN
Emergency-Clinic Nurse

Anna Garayalde, BSN, RN
Labor & Delivery

Mediatrix Garcia, BSN, RN, CPN, IBCLC, NTMC, NTMC, RNC-NIC
NICU

Heather Gibson, BSN, RN
ASU

Rebekah Green, BSN, RN
Emergency Dept

Brenna Griswold, MSN, BSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Neo-Natal ICU Unit -1

Emilio Guia, BSN, RN
ICU

Grania Heagney, RN
Pediatric

Merlene Hermosa, BSN, RN
Intensive Care Unit- 1

Marilyn Holley, BSN, RN , CCRNP
PICU

Jessica Hovatter, MSN, BSN, RN, CLE, FNP-BC
NICU

Karen James, MSN, RN
Pediatrics

Erin Johnson, BSN, RN
Emergency- Mgnt

Melody Kitong, BSN, RN
OR

Rojana Krailassiri, BSN, RN, CNOR
OR

Margaret Kuria, RN
UR-Discharge Planning

Namgyal Lama, RN
NICU

Hilda Lamera, BSN, RN
Med Tele Unit 2 -7 North

Yesenia Landaverde Arvizu, RN
Labor & Delivery

Edward Lei, BSN, RN , CNOR
OR

Kiele Liu, RN, SCRN
Med/Tele Unit 4

Lauren Lopez, BSN, RN
Gastroenterology-Endoscopy

Natalie Luque, BSN, RN, CCRN
Intensive Care Unit- 1

Antoinette Magana, BSN, RN
Admitting

Robert Maningat, RN
OR

Eda Mastrapasqua, RN, CMSRN
Med/Tele Unit 4

Gena Mathers, BSN, RN
Intensive Care Unit 1

Melissa McClurg, RN
NICU

Danh Nguyen, RN
ICU Pediatrics

William O’sullivan, BSN, RN
Med-Surg Unit 2

Juliet Ogunade, RN
Neo-Natal ICU Unit -1

Kelly Pender, BSN, RN,
Neo-Natal ICU Unit -1

Junhan Peng, BSN, RN
Med/Tele Unit 4

Nathalie Quan, BSN, RN
Oakland Hospital – Recovery

Jenny Quiachon, BSN, RN
Adult Oncology

Sharon Reid, MSN, RN
UR-Discharge Planning

Jennie Reyes, RN
Urology

Khadeeja Salimi, RN
Adult Primary Care-Unit A

Andrew Santiago, BSN, RN
Med-Tele Unit 2

Rebecca Sauder, BSN, RN
Labor Delivery

Alexandra Scott, RN
Emergency Clinic

Manwinder Sidhu, BSN, RN
Resource Management

Amanda Sills, RN
NICU

Lara Sloan, BSN, RN, C-EFM, C-ONQS, RNC-OB
Labor & Delivery

Angela Smith, BSN, RN
Labor & Delivery

Jihae Song, RN
UR-Discharge Planning

Erin Sposeto, RN
Labor & Delivery

Jenny Subido, BSN, RN
Med-Tele Unit 4

Whitney Thompson, BSN, RN
Emergency-Clinic Nurse

Nadja Tolosa, BSN, RN
UR-Discharge Planning

Nenet Tosoc, BSN, RN
Med/Tele Unit 1

Jaime Westfall, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN
Emergency-Clinic Nurse

Carrie Williams, RN
Med Tele Unit – 6 North

Eddaclaire Wong, BSN, RN
Acute Care Obstetrics

Daniel Silvia, RN
Med Tele Unit 3 -10 North

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