Premier Nursing Schools are CANP's Newest Partners
Two premier Northern California nursing schools, including one at which the organization that would become CANP was first formed, are the Association's newest partners.
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis was established in March 2009, UC Davis' first major initiative to address society's most pressing health-care problems in its second century of service. It was at UC Davis in 1977 that a group of pioneering NPs founded the California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, which later became the California Association for Nurse Practitioners.
The vision of the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is to transform health care through nursing education and research. Through nursing leadership, the school will discover knowledge to advance health, improve quality of care and health outcomes, and inform health policy. It cultivates academic excellence through immersive, interprofessional and interdisciplinary education and research in partnership with the communities it serves. Graduate degrees now offered include M.S. nurse practitioner, M.H.S. physician assistant, M.S. leadership and Ph.D.
Also on board as a new CANP partner is Samuel Merritt University. Located in Oakland, with campuses in San Mateo and Sacramento, SMU has been educating health science practitioners who are committed to making a positive difference in diverse communities since 1909. Nearly 1,500 students are enrolled at its three campuses.
SMU offers an undergraduate degree in nursing; master's degrees in nursing, occupational therapy, and physician assistant; and doctoral degrees in nursing, physical therapy and podiatric medicine. The university offers three doctoral degree programs, including podiatric medicine, physical therapy and nursing practice.
Samuel Merritt University is the largest source of new registered nurses in California. The university strives to reflect the community it serves by recruiting students with a variety of ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds, and educates students to become highly skilled and compassionate healthcare professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities.