MinorityNurse.com

Academic Program

UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing was established in March 2009 through a $100 million commitment from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The vision for the school is to transform health care through nursing education and research. Through nursing leadership, the school will discover knowledge to advance health, quality of care and safety, and shape health policy.

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing cultivates academic excellence and addresses urgent societal needs through five core attributes:

• Leadership development – build capacity for advocacy and action at all levels
• Interprofessional/interdisciplinary education – health professionals learn multiple perspectives to work and communicate as teams
• Transformative research – apply the science of nursing to improve health and reshape health systems with emphasis on aging, rural health and diverse communities
• Cultural inclusiveness – teach culturally-appropriate approaches to care and involve communities to design and conduct relevant research
• Innovative technology – use technology to create an engaged and interactive approach to nursing education, research and practice

Education overview
Hosted by the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group prepares nurse leaders, researchers and faculty in a unique interdisciplinary and interprofessional environment. The graduate group is composed of faculty from across campus with expertise in Nursing, Medicine, Health Informatics, Nutrition, Biostatistics, Public Health and other fields.

Two degrees are offered through the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Degree Program: a professional Master of Science Degree and an academic Doctor of Philosophy Degree.

The doctoral program, an academic program, prepares graduates as health-care and health policy leaders and nurse faculty/researchers at the university level. Graduates of the professional master’s degree program will be well prepared for health-care leadership roles in a variety of organizations and as nurse faculty at the community college and prelicensure education levels.

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is ideal for students who:
• want to make a difference
• see problems and think of solutions
• want to lead the transformation of health care
• believe that good health is not defined in physical terms alone but has many dimensions, including social, political, psychological, economic, emotional, intellectual and spiritual
• find value in diversity of thought, belief, language and culture
• want to unleash the power and passion of nursing

Focus areas
Research and education at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing emphasizes healthy systems and healthy people:

• Healthy Systems – improving health-care systems and designing policies to be effective, efficient and responsive. Research in healthy systems includes health policy, organizational change, informatics, implementation science and leadership. UC Davis will discover and share knowledge to analyze, shape, redesign and evaluate health systems.
• Healthy People – promoting health for individuals, families and populations in partnership with communities, with an emphasis on aging, rural and diverse populations. Research for healthy people includes community health, public health, epidemiology, gerontology, rural health and health disparities. UC Davis will discover and share knowledge on the priorities and needs of population subgroups as well as tailor and test approaches to advance health in those groups.

M.S. program
Ph.D. program
Curriculum
Financial support
Generous financial support available.
How to apply

Location