Dr. Johnson joined Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in 2023, taking on the role of CNO and senior vice president of patient care services. She oversees and provides strategic direction, planning and leadership for the patient care services. This encompasses the disciplines of nursing, advanced practice professionals, patient- and family-centered care, rehabilitation services, patient and family experience, psychology, patient care services education and research, social work and care coordination. She is responsible for crafting initiatives that enhance and optimize patient quality and safety. She also recruits, retains and optimizes the hospital’s world-class nursing and patient care workforce. She brings more than 40 years of nursing and nurse leadership experience to her role, having previously held the CNO position at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (Calif.), and University of California Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco.
