Diane Moy, MSN, RN
The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing
1700 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78701-1499
NUR 4.172 (office location)
512 659-7515 (cell phone)
BIOGRAPHY
Diane Faucher Moy teaches in both nursing systems as well as psychiatric-mental health nursing. She holds national certification as a clinical specialist in adult mental health nursing. Ms. Moy taught at UT School of Nursing from 1981-83 and returned to teaching in 2003. During the interim, she had significant senior leadership and management experience in the administration of health services in a variety of settings. Ms. Moy served as the nursing director of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation which operated 24 state hospitals and schools. She also was chief executive officer of three large psychiatric hospitals with workforces as large as 1,200 staff and budgets of up to $33M. She also served as a state contract manager for community behavioral health center contracts of a similar size.
In the area of systems nursing, Ms. Moy has an interest in organizational development and performance improvement. In a consultant capacity, she has assisted organizations in organizational re-design and strategic planning. In the area of performance improvement, Ms Moy participated in the development a continuous quality improvement system for both inpatient and community-based behavioral health services which was implemented across Texas in multiple sites. In her final JCAHO survey as a hospital administrator, the organization earned a grid score of 100. She also served as the director of quality for the Medicaid and CHIP programs of Texas. She is a graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program administered by the University of Texas School of Public Affairs as well as the Governor’s Center for Management Development Total Quality Management Instructor course.
In the area of psychiatric nursing, Ms. Moy has an interest in promoting safe nursing clinical practice, including the reduction of the use of restraint in psychiatric hospitals. She is currently serving as a consultant on a project that will result in an outcome deliverable that is a report to the US Congress on the dangers of restraint in a variety of settings.
Ms Moy has given more than 50 presentations at national, state, and local professional conferences on a variety of topics. She has been named “Texas Nurse of Year-Texas” in a “Search for Excellence” award process sponsored by the American Nurses Association as well as having been recognized as “Alumna of the Year” by Texas Christian University, Harris College of Nursing.