The University Mission supports the development of associate, baccalaureate, graduate, and continuing education programs to meet learning needs of individuals in a changing society. The faculty contribute to the discipline of nursing and to the University through teaching, research, and service and to the greater community through service. Nursing is a discipline whose practice is based on nursing theory, the sciences and the humanities and is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
Nurses are active participants on the interdisciplinary health care team.
Within a variety of roles and in multiple settings, nurses assess wellness and health needs and risks of culturally diverse people throughout the life span. Nursing is a vital force in society whose roles affect and are affected by the current and emerging systems for health care delivery. Knowledge derived from research, and other scholarly activities, practice, and societal trends provides direction to the evolving practice of nursing. Nurses provide holistic care for people who are understood to be unique, complex, culturally diverse and interactive within a dynamic environment. People meet their own needs of varying complexity when possible.