The Mission of the Department of Nursing is to provide an accessible, quality professional nursing education which will:
- Foster the acquisition of professional knowledge, values, and skills;
- Facilitate the development of leadership, professional vision, and advocacy to promote quality in health care for diverse and underserved populations; and
- Prepare nursing professionals to practice evidence-based nursing in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Core Values
- Student success
- Seamless access to a quality nursing
education
- Prepare future nursing leaders to practice
in a diverse environment
Goals
- Prepare nursing students with the
knowledge, capacity for critical inquiry and thinking and skills to function in
a variety of practice settings
- Provide an environment in which students
develop cultural competency in health care
- Promote the professional values, beliefs,
and behaviors necessary for providing leadership in the delivery of health care
in the 21st century
- Foster in students a commitment to
lifelong learning