Our Speaker:

Liz Drake, RN-NIC, MN, NNP, CNS

Liz Drake has been a practicing neonatal nursing for 34 years. She received her Master’s Degree, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist certification from UCLA.

She has practiced in different roles throughout her career but the time spent at the bedside with the patient, family and team members is most meaningful. Quality Improvement, Neuro-protective Care and Family Partnered Care are her passions. She 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 the premature infant and their family can have impact. Liz is also a driver for quality improvement initiatives as she has is actively involved with the VON, NICQ Collaborative.

Liz is an Advanced Practice Nurse and currently the CNS in the NICU at CHOC Children’s of Orange County, Mission Viejo Campus. She is a published author, a nationally recognized national conference presenter and consultant.