Nursing faculty Mike Bueno participating in the Strokestra event where stroke survivors at UCI Health received a visit from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a demonstration of its innovative music therapy program. Man playing trombone on left, male stroke survivor in middle, Mike Bueno, PhD on right.

Community Impact

Community Impact

Welcome

Our school originated in response to overwhelming local need for professional nursing care and, to this day, the needs of the marginalized groups of people in Orange County and surrounding areas remain a central priority. However, the health inequities caused and compounded by social and racial injustice are (unfortunately) by no means confined to our county, state, or country. We are a rigorous academic organization within a world-class university, and as such we will continue to increase our national and international participation.

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Mike Bueno
Mike Bueno
Pre-Licensure Program Director and Associate Clinical Professor
“Participating in programs such as Strokestra is an important opportunity for the School of Nursing to participate in the continuity of care throughout an individual’s health journey. Utilizing creative approaches like music, provides holistic avenues for patients and the community to participate and have fun while healing.”
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UCI Nursing Community Impact in the Media

LAist AirTalk with Larry Mantle, January 30, 2025

Collective trauma: the psychological fallout of the LA fires

“The LA fires have destroyed whole communities and displaced thousands of families. The psychological effect of such natural disasters is called collective trauma, a stress response felt by an entire community rather than a sole individual. Collective trauma can have physical effects as well. Today on AirTalk we talk about what collective trauma is and how communities are affected in the long term. We’re joined by E. Alison Holman, professor of nursing and psychology at UC Irvine. ” (AirTalk with Larry Mantle)
Insight Into Diversity, January 7, 2025

The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Summer Program Prepares Future Leaders in Nursing

“Imagine a summer where learning advanced research methods comes with a heavy dose of compassion and a clear path toward making real change. The Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has been offering just that.— a transformative experience that combines research, mentorship, and personal growth for junior nursing students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).” (Courtney Mullins)
The Orange Country Register, April 10, 2024

Why do so few in Southern California get updated COVID vaccinations?

“Most egregiously, its official guidance is not to let a positive COVID at-home test result keep us from going to work or school, as long as we are asymptomatic. Yet some people are advised to re-up their vaccines every four months. While new guidance on a cadence of every-four-months vaccines for 65+ may make sense in light of data on fading antibodies, it’s not going to do anything to help vaccine uptake. ” (Andrew Noymer)
Academic Minute, November 20, 2023

How Do We Help the Caregivers?

“Jung-Ah Lee, professor at the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California Irvine, looks into this question.” (Jung-Ah Lee)
Beckers Hospital, May 17, 2023

Building compassion fatigue into curriculum

“We think about [well-being and burnout] even when we are building course calendars” for nursing students at UC Irvine, she said, adding that faculty consider factors such as how many difficult or lengthy classes students may have back to back and whether there is room to separate those out, as well as traffic patterns and students’ commuting times. ” (Leanne Burke)
California Heath Care Foundation Blog, November 5, 2021

Nurse practitioner transition to practice in CHCF Blog

“Clinical Professor Susanne Phillips spoke to Heather Stringer at the California Health Care Foundation blog about AB890, which is a pathway for nurse practitioners to practice independently. The change has the potential to increase access to healthcare for the state’s residents, but Phillips says there is still regulatory work to be done to ensure that patients can fully benefit.” (Susanne Phillips)
Washington Post, October 15, 2021

Nurse morale in The Washington Post

“Associate Professor Candace Burton was interviewed by The Washington Post about her research into the nature and consequence of moral injury among frontline nurses during COVID-19. As a profession, we work hard, we do things that we say normal people would never be doing,” said study author Candace Burton, a UCI assistant professor in the school of nursing. “But this has been beyond anything anyone could have anticipated. The lack of resources, the constant strain and stress and needing to be on and present and going at 110 percent at all times has just been exhausting.” (Candace Burton )
National Geographic, September 2, 2021

Melissa Pinto discusses long COVID

“Melissa Pinto, a co-author of the latter study and associate professor in the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at University of California Irvine, says the researchers examined healthcare records of people who tested positive for COVID-19 but hadn’t reported symptoms at the time of infection—only to come in later with symptoms associated with long COVID-19. To ensure they were identifying long-haulers, the researchers screened out anyone with a preexisting illness that could explain their later symptoms.” (Melissa Pinto)