UCI Nursing

News and Announcements

SAVE THE DATE: Suzanne Renée Leider Nursing Lecture April 17, 2013

“Opening My Heart – A Journey From
Nurse to Patient and Back Again”

Tilda Shalof, RN, BScN, CNCC (C)
Intensive Care Nurse, Best-Selling Author & Patient Advocate

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013

4:00 p.m. Check-In; 4:30 p.m. Lecture; 6:00 p.m. Dinner
Beckman Center of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering

Individual Tickets for Lecture & Dinner : $100
Table Sponsor: 8 guests/$2500

For Flyer and Sponsorship Packet Information please click here.

For more information on registration, please email Liz Eastin at EEASTIN@UCI.EDU or call (949) 824-7931.

UC Irvine Nursing Science Program is pleased to announce an extension to our application deadline for the PhD Program. This new deadline will be June 1st, 2013. In addition to this deadline extension, we are now accepting applicants with a Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Nursing. Please refer to our Doctor of Philosophy page for admissions criteria and application information.

Pamerla H. Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

Professor of Nursing, University of Washington

"Thinking in Circles: Interdisciplinary Clinical and Translational Research"

Dr. Mitchell will focus on the cyclical nature of translational research from idea to impact on people’s health. She will emphasize the varying perspectives of clinical and translational investigators from multiple professions and disciplines and how they come together in developing team science. Dr. Mitchell will illustrate with examples from her own team’s work in recovery from brain injury and the University of Washington’s Institute for Translational Health Sciences.

Wednesday January 30th, 2012

12:00 Noon Lecture - CalIT2 Auditorium, UC Irvine

There is no cost to attend, but please RSVP to NSEVENTS@UCI.EDU
Click here for Flyer

Congratulations to UC Irvine Program in Nursing Science Students; Sharon Allen, Gin Marie Maranan, Alexa Merchant, Linda Trinh and Candice Whealon for receiving the Kaiser Permanente Deloras Jones Nursing Scholarship Award. We are very proud of your accomplishments and look forward to your future contributions in the field of nursing.

Sharon Allen	Gin Marie Maranan	Alexa Merchant

	Linda Trinh	Candice Whealon

PhD Information Session November 29,2012

A PhD Information Session has been planned for Thursday, November 29, 2012 from 4:00-6pm in 252 Berk Hall.  Come meet Ellen Olshansky, the Director of the Program in Nursing Science and the PhD program.  A presentation will be given at 4:30pm. RSVP to gnsao@uci.edu.

UC IRVINE PROGRAM IN NURSING SCIENCE LAUNCHES A NEW PHD IN NURSING SCIENCE IN FALL 2013 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED BEGINNING FALL 2012
August 01, 2012

I am extremely pleased to announce that a new program of graduate study leading to a PhD in Nursing Science has been officially established within the UC Irvine Program in Nursing Science. The graduates of this PhD degree program will be equipped to be nurse scholars and researchers in university schools of nursing as well as nurse scientists in research institutions.

The PhD degree program will be focused on research in four major areas:
1. Health Disparities
2. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
3. Disease and Symptom Management
4. Health Services and Health Policy

Individual students will be matched with individual UC Irvine Nursing Science Faculty, based on research interests. The first two years will consist of core course work (philosophy, theory, research design and methods) and individual cognates selected by the student in consultation with the faculty advisor.

Specific information regarding the application process and admission requirements for the PhD degree program will be available in September 2012.

Dr. Ellen Olshansky
Professor and Director
Program in Nursing Science