Enrolled Students – UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Resources for You

Undergraduate Student Resources

Important documents, curriculum charts, incoming student support, FAQs.

Masters Entry Program Student Resources

Important documents, curriculum charts, useful links, FAQs.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Student Resources

Important documents, curriculum charts, useful links, FAQs.

PhD student Natalie Nguyen giving a poster presentation on Scholar's Day 2024

PhD Student Resources

Important documents, curriculum charts, funding and fee information, FAQs.

All Student Resources

Useful links to academic, financial, health resources.

Faculty Vanessa Rodriguez, Dawn Bounds, Nakia Best and Nisa Patel

Faculty Resources

Important documents, forms, and useful links.

Meet the Student Affairs Team

The Nursing Student Affairs Office’s mission is to facilitate the academic development of Nursing Science students, and to assist you in achieving your academic, personal, and professional goals by providing high quality academic advising and counseling. Our highly experienced academic counselors work with all prospective and current undergraduate and graduate students.

The Student Affairs office oversees academic student employees, advising, commencement, events, graduate admissions, orientation, outreach, recruitment, schedule of classes, scholarships, student evaluations, student communication, student programming, etc. Learn more on what we do.

Kim Cattarusa-Bernard, M.Ed.

Assistant Director of Prelicensure Student Affairs

kcattaru@hs.uci.edu

Cely Dean

Administrative Specialist

adean@hs.uci.edu

Megan Enciso, M.Ed.

Director of Student Affairs and DEIB Initiatives

menciso1@uci.edu

Jennifer Garcia, M.S.

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

jenng21@hs.uci.edu

Alejandra Gutiérrez, M.A.

Assistant Director of Doctoral Student Affairs

a.gutierrez@uci.edu

Get in Touch!

Office Location & Hours

New Location:
Sue and Bill Gross Nursing & Health Sciences Hall
2nd Floor
854 Medical Sciences Road
Irvine, CA 92697

Office Hours:
M-F 9am – 12pm & 1pm – 4pm
Hours may vary during holidays and the summer

Phone:
949-824-1514

Note: Our building is not open for prospective student visits, walk-in questions, and/or tours.

Advising Appointment

Please schedule an advising appointment via email:
Undergraduate Nursing: nssao@uci.edu
Graduate Nursing: gnsao@uci.edu

Non-nursing majors at UCI can use ZotChat or make an appointment with a Peer Academic Advisor by emailing nssao@uci.edu.

All Undergraduate nursing students will have mandatory mid-quarter appointments fall, winter, and spring quarters, and an email will be send out for scheduling. Appointments are available in-person or online.

Note: Our Nursing Student Affairs staff works very closely together to support our students. Please avoid sending duplicate emails to multiple staff members.

Zotchat

Zot Chat is an online live chat service available for students to get quick questions answered. Counselors and Peer Academic Advisors will answer general questions related to the following:
– Policies and Procedures
– Degree Requirements
– Change of Major Requirements
– Prerequisite Information
– Enrollment Issues

Zot Chat is NOT intended to answer questions related to:
– Career Counseling
– Admissions Counseling
– Transcript Evaluation
– Graduation Checks
– Creating a Study Plan
– Academic Probation or Disqualification
– Personal/Crisis/Mental Health Counseling

ZotChat Hours:
M-F 9:00am-12:00pm
M-F 1:00pm-4:00pm
Hours may vary depending on advisor availability

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