Clinician Spotlight: Liz Drake MN, NNP, CNS, RN-NICU, C-ELBW

Dandle•LION is proud to partner with expert clinicians to provide the best available education and evidence-based care strategies. We are excited to introduce you to Elizabeth Drake, MN, NNP, CNS, RN-NICU, C-ELBW, the current CNS in the NICU at CHOC Children’s of Orange County, Mission Viejo Campus!

Liz is also a published author, nationally recognized national conference presenter, consultant and Co-owner of @EngageGrowThrive, and co-developer of the Small Baby Care Specialist Program.

Liz Drake has been practicing in the NICU for 40 years. She has practiced in different roles throughout her career, but her time spent at the bedside with patients, families, and team members are most meaningful.

Extremely passionate about quality Improvement, caring for extremely low birth weight infants, and neuroprotective care, Drake has a strong desire to teach all members of the healthcare team about the uniqueness and language of the premature infant.

As an active clinician, she focuses on how every touch and relational experience we have with premature infants and their families can have an impact. Drake is actively involved with the California State Collaborative in order to partner with families and lead quality improvement initiatives.

Introducing The Dandy Blog!

We are really excited about the launch of our Dandy blog because it helps us further our education efforts in the field of neurodevelopmental care.  We will provide information about product and practice innovations in neurodevelopmental care and positioning.  

Some of our upcoming content includes:

  • Innovative tools for positioning
  • Training videos for clinically different medical scenarios
  • Case studies 

Our mission is to partner with NICU caregivers to provide tools and education to support you in creating better outcomes for premature and sick babies and we are going to be talking about exactly this on our blog. 

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