In support of the mission of the School of Nursing, the faculty believes that the health of a diverse society can be influenced through teaching, practice, service, and scholarship. Further, faculty believes that the profession of nursing provides leadership in an evolving global health care environment. The core values within the program are excellence, professionalism, student-centered, use of innovation, and respect for others. Faculty provides innovative programs and courses that are responsive to the needs of students with differing backgrounds and educational goals.
The Undergraduate Program prepares students for beginning nursing practice in any setting where patients are in need of care. The baccalaureate nurse uses scholarly evidence and individual/population outcome data as a basis for clinical decision making and ongoing improvement of quality of care. The nurse promotes the safety of individual patients by effective communication and collaboration with other members of the health care team and the patient/family/community to promote optimal health and manage health care needs.
The Graduate Program prepares students for advanced roles in nursing and to be accountable for clinical and organizational decision making based on scholarly evidence, principles of ethics, relevant theories, and health care policy. Upon completion of the Graduate Program, MSN and DNP students are prepared to provide leadership in the analysis of factors in influencing health and the subsequent implementation and evaluation of strategies for improving health in an inter- professional, globally aware, culturally sensitive manner.