Christy Castro MSN, MHA, CCRN, NE-BC
Deputy associate director patient care services - patient flow
VA North Texas health care
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Christy Castro, MSN, MHA, CCRN, NE-BC, moved to her position as deputy associate director patient care services - patient flow in March 2020.
Ms. Castro has been a registered nurse for 29 years, with most of her experience in critical care nursing and nursing leadership. She joined the VA in 2007 as a nurse manager for the Transitional Care Unit, then Medical and Coronary ICU.
Ms. Castro became the chief nurse for Geriatrics and Extended care / Spinal Cord Injury Center in 2014. She has served on the Clinical Practice Committee since 2007 and was the chair of said committee from 2009 until September, 2018.
Presently, she has the nurse executive oversight of nursing practice.
Ms. Castro holds a dual master’s degree: MS Nursing and MS Health Care Administration. In addition, she maintains several national certifications, such as Certified Critical Care Nurse (CCRN-K) and Nurse Executive - Board Certified (NE-BC).
She is also Lean Six Signa - Green Belt certified.