Clinical foundation
More than four years of acute psychiatric nursing at UCLA Health's RNPH — grounded in patient safety, calm communication, and interdisciplinary coordination in a high-acuity Magnet-designated setting.
About
A people-first professional perspective shaped by care, service, and continuous growth.
Abraham Wesley Urias brings together psychiatric nursing, military discipline, academic persistence, and a long-term interest in useful technology.
Abraham is a psychiatric nurse and Army veteran at UCLA Health's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. His clinical work is grounded in high-acuity psychiatric care, but his broader focus has grown to include the systems that support it — documentation workflows, EHR optimization, and the everyday friction points that shape team performance and patient outcomes.
As chair of the RNPH Nursing Knowledge and Innovation (NKI) Council, he brings frontline perspective to conversations about Epic, AI tools, bedside technology, and professional governance. That combination of clinical context and systems thinking is what he finds most compelling about the direction nursing is heading.
He is drawn to work where practical design, calm leadership, and intentional learning converge. The goal is not novelty — it is better communication, stronger decisions, and systems that help people do meaningful work more clearly and effectively.
Service and leadership
Shaped by Army healthcare service and committee leadership as NKI Chair — a leadership style built on accountability, steady execution, and building trust across interdisciplinary teams.
Systems and technology
Focused on practical EHR optimization, AI tool evaluation, and workflow improvement through a frontline clinical lens — not novelty for its own sake, but technology that concretely supports better care.
Contact
Open to conversations about healthcare, leadership, AI, and the non-traditional path.
Reach out for professional connection, collaboration on clinical systems work, or a conversation about transferring into nursing through a non-traditional route — veterans, community college transfers, and men entering the profession especially welcome.