Rosemont, Ill. (AANA) — The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) congratulates Nilu Patel, DNAP, CRNA, APRN, FAANA, of Tustin, California, on being appointed to the California Board of Registered Nursing.
The nine-member board is composed of four members of the public and five registered nurses. The five registered nurses include two direct-patient care nurses, an advanced practice nurse, a nurse administrator, and a nurse educator. Seven of the members are appointed by the governor and two of the public members are appointed by the legislature. Each member serves a four-year term and can be re-appointed, although the member cannot serve more than two consecutive terms.
Patel has been a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) at the University of California, Irvine since 2008 and a Faculty Educator, Instructor of Clinical Anesthesiology at the University of Southern California since 2006. Patel was a faculty CRNA at the University of Southern California, Keck Hospital from 2006 to 2017. She was a CRNA at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower/Downey from 2008 to 2010.
Patel is a member of the California Association of Nurse Anesthetists and a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology. She earned a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, a Master of Science degree in Nurse Anesthesia from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Southern California.