Mission, Vision, & Strategic Plan
Mission
To shape the future impact of the nursing discipline through premier and dynamic nursing educational programs that prepare diverse, enlightened leaders to provide equitable, safe, and high-quality interprofessional care for a global population.
Vision
To be the premier nursing program that prepares diverse graduates to advance evidence-based solutions and lead innovations in health care to improve health equity and well-being for all.
Program Outcomes
Domain: Knowledge for Nursing Practice
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Demonstrate knowledge from the liberal arts, sciences, and humanities to establish
a basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Integrate, translate, and synthesize established knowledge and ways of knowing from
nursing and other disciplines, liberal arts, and natural and social sciences to promote
clinical judgement and innovation in nursing practice.
Domain: Person-Centered Care
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Provide holistic person-centered care based on best evidence and clinical judgment
in the planning and delivery of care across time, spheres of care, and developmental
levels.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Design, deliver, manage, and evaluate comprehensive patient care to diverse patients
and populations.
Domain: Population Health
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Demonstrate an understanding of health promotion, illness and injury prevention, public
health emergencies, and collaborative activities among all relevant stakeholders for
improving the health of populations.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Engage in collaborative activities with traditional and non-traditional partners from
communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, government entities,
and others for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes.
Domain: Scholarship for Nursing Practice
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Demonstrate knowledge of the research process to apply, translate, and implement best
evidence into clinical decision making.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Generate, synthesize, translate, apply, and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve
health and transform health care.
Domain: Quality and Safety
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery to promote a culture of patient,
provider, and work environment safety.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Provide care using principles of improvement science to enhance healthcare quality
and minimize harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and
individual performance.
Domain: Interprofessional Partnerships
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Collaborate effectively using a team-based approach to optimize health care delivery.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Demonstrate intentional engagement in dynamic interprofessional teams to optimize
patient- and population-centered care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen
outcomes.
Domain: Systems-Based Practice
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Apply knowledge of system-based practice to provide safe, quality, and equitable care
to patients and populations.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Demonstrate leadership and agility in coordinating resources within complex systems
of healthcare to provide safe, quality, and equitable care for diverse patients and
populations.
Domain: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Demonstrate a commitment to personal, professional, and leadership development that
supports the acquisition of nursing expertise.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Demonstrate personal and professional growth, and leadership capacity to advance the
nursing profession.
Domain: Information and Healthcare Technologies
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Demonstrate knowledge and skill in using patient care technologies, information systems,
and communication devices that support safe, high quality, and efficient healthcare
services.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Demonstrate proficiency in informatics and communication technologies to manage and
improve the delivery of safe, high quality, and efficient healthcare services to patients,
the public, and other health professionals.
Domain: Professionalism
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ENTRY LEVEL
Demonstrate values central to nursing practice including altruism, autonomy, human
dignity, integrity, advocacy, social justice, and life-long learning.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: ADVANCED LEVEL
Exhibit a professional identity that includes accountability, a collaborative disposition,
and commitment that reflect the values of advanced level nursing practice.
College of Nursing Strategic Plan - Impact 2025
Our mission embraces the delivery of outstanding care and contributes to the advancement of the discipline of nursing.