Director, Traditional BSN Program
Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles
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Lauren Fujihara is the Director of Clinical Placement at Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles. She is a clinical nurse specialist with over 35 years of experience in perioperative nursing practice, education, research and leadership. Lauren earned her BSN and MN from the University of California at Los Angeles. In clinical practice, as an advanced practice nurse, Lauren collaborated with nursing and inter-professional colleagues to improve and standardize perioperative nursing practice, achieve improvements in measurable patient outcomes, maintain a cost-conscious and sustainable environment of care and foster an evidence-based approach to practice change. While in the clinical nurse specialist role in the acute care setting, she partnered with Dr. FitzGerald, Dean of Nursing to develop an academic-service collaborative to allow students the opportunity to explore perioperative nursing practice through the creation of a summer immersion program and senior-year perioperative practicums. As the Mount's Director of Clinical Placement, she continues to expand student opportunities and support student learning in the perioperative nursing specialty.