Heather van Housen

Heather Van Housen, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, currently serves as the Patient Care Executive for the Central California Network at Adventist Health, a position held since January 2024. Previously, Heather has been a Patient Care Executive at Adventist Health Bakersfield since September 2018 and has been with Ukiah Valley Medical Center since April 2007, where the roles included VP Patient Care Services-Chief Nursing Executive and Director of Quality & Risk. Heather's educational background includes a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from the University of San Francisco, completed in May 2023, with a focus on nursing administration, nursing research, and clinical nursing.