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Kathrine Pope

Kathrine Pope MSN/Ed, RN-BC

Nurse Executive

VA Pacific Islands health care

Ms. Pope was named Nurse Executive on April 24, 2022. Prior to being named Nurse Executive, Ms. Pope served as the Associate Chief Nurse (ACN) of Primary Care Nursing, with responsibilities over a broad range of nursing services that include Primary Care,

CBOC Specialty Care, Employee Health, Telephone Advice, Case Management, and the Short Term Care Clinic. Her areas of nursing oversight include nurses on Oahu, and nursing teams on all the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Saipan and Molokai. Her areas of nursing oversight include nurses on Oahu, and nursing teams on all the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Saipan and Molokai. 

A graduate of Pahoa High School on Hawaii Island, Ms. Pope attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Nursing Program where she attained her BSN. Her career in management began at Tripler Army Medical Center where she served as the Clinical Nurse OIC of the Urology Clinic and over a 7 year span, continuous process improvement and a culture of safety was fostered. After joining the VA as a RN Case Manager embedded within the TAMC Urology Clinic, she was first detailed then selected as the Nurse Manager of Specialty Care. As a NNEI recipient, she completed her MSN in Nursing Education through the University of Phoenix. In 2018, she was selected as the ACN to Primary Care where she has focused on bringing standardization of nursing practices to primary care nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, ANA, AAACN and HNA.