The school of nursing is housed in the Christine L. Oglevee Building which adjoins the main University of Mississippi Medical Center building. The School of Nursing is a professional school functioning within the general framework and policies of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and reflects the purpose of the University of Mississippi in its educational services for the State of Mississippi. The mission of the School of Nursing, University of Mississippi Medical Center, is to provide nursing education in the multidisciplinary, multicultural, active learning environment of an academic health sciences center. To provide nursing education for students from diverse backgrounds and educational levels who seek a scholarly approach to the discipline of nursing, and are committed to improving health care in the state of Mississippi and beyond. The faculty believe that persons, individually and collectively, are the focus for nursing.
Individuals develop as unique holistic beings with dignity and worth.
The person is an open system with physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions. The person develops in continuous interaction with both the internal and external environment. The person both influences and is influenced by internal and external environments that bring about continuous change. Community, an aggregate of persons and groups, is a complex, interrelated, open social system. Traditions, beliefs and values are transmitted through cultural, religious, familial, and community groups.