In August 2011, the Betty Irene Moore School of
Nursing hosted a special town-hall forum of the
California Action Coalition with more than 120 healthcare consumers, health-care professionals and partners
to discuss the Future of Nursing report. Sponsored by
the Future for Nursing Campaign for Action, AARP
Center to Champion Nursing in America and the Betty
Irene Moore School of Nursing, the event increased
awareness of efforts to improve health in California and
optimize the role of nurses.
“This event was led by scholars and students of the
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and demonstrates
the role that UC Davis plays in the development of
health-care leaders,” Young said.
Casey Shillam, a Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Postdoctoral Fellow who serves on the executive
committee and as communications director for the
California Action Coalition, led the coordination
of most aspects of the forum and other associated
activities. Doctoral and master’s-degree students then
planned the town-hall program as an assignment for a
leadership course.
Young said the school will continue its close partnership
with the Future of Nursing Campaign for Action.
“The IOM report on the Future of Nursing stimulated a
great deal of productive conversation in our school, and
there are several areas we have identifid as core to our
education, service and research missions,” she said. “Our
graduates need to deal with nursing practice as it is now,
but more importantly, they need to be equipped with the
requisite knowledge and skills to move nursing practice
to the future, through innovation and system change.”