Pathway to a Brighter Future

The Summer Health Institute for Nursing Exploration and Success (SHINES) program, developed at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis, in Sacramento, is a city-wide formal outreach initiative offering educational enrichment activities for underrepresented public high school and community college students interested in the field of nursing or other health professions. In this article, the authors share how they introduced students from an underserved geographic location to the nursing profession and to careers in other health professions. They also assessed changes in knowledge and participants' experiences after attending the two-week program and suggest avenues for future direction and research.