Patricia Yvonne Hoppes, MSN, RN
Chief Nursing Officer, El Paso Children’s Hospital
Patricia Yvonne Hoppes, MSN, RN, serves as Chief Nursing Officer at El Paso Children’s Hospital, where she provides strategic leadership for nursing practice and patient care operations across the region’s pediatric health system. With more than two decades of nursing experience, including 10 years with the El Paso County Hospital District, she brings a career-long perspective shaped by bedside care, operational leadership, quality oversight, and executive administration.
Yvonne began her nursing career in labor and delivery and cardiovascular intensive care before advancing into perioperative and surgical services leadership. She later served as Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, leading initiatives such as the launch of a virtual nursing program and an AI-enabled ambient care platform while overseeing a $1.4 million nursing capital budget. Prior to her current role, she served as Chief Quality Officer at University Medical Center of El Paso, with organization-wide accountability for patient safety, regulatory compliance, and quality performance. In that role, she served as executive lead for regulatory surveys and advised the hospital’s Board on quality and risk strategy.