Mission and Vision Statement
Mission
The College of Nursing is committed to excellence in nursing education, clinical practice, nursing research, and community service. The College prepares nursing students to be effective clinicians and leaders who will work to improve the health and health care of the people of Rhode Island and beyond, and contribute to the nursing profession through professional, scholarly, legal, and political activities.
The Baccalaureate Program prepares individuals to assume the role of professional nurses who can practice in a variety of health care settings. The master's program prepares nurses to assume leadership roles as advanced practice nurses, educators, and administrators. The doctoral program prepares nursing scholars and researchers who can contribute to the advancement of nursing knowledge and improvement of clinical practice.
The faculty is committed to promoting students' ethical development, critical thinking, responsible practice, an attitude of scholarship, and motivation for life-long learning. Students are sought from diverse cultural economic and ethnic backgrounds. Close student-faculty interaction is fostered and students are viewed as partners in the educative process. Interdisciplinary partnerships and research involving faculty, students, and clinicians from within and outside the University are strongly encouraged.
The faculty is proactive in both shaping and responding to changing health care needs and changing nursing roles within society through collaboration with health care and government agencies, professional organizations, and other educational institutions. The College strives for excellence in accomplishing its mission through cooperative governance and ongoing evaluation. (2004)
Vision
The College of Nursing is a flourishing center of nursing education, research, scholarship, and service for practice. Our graduates will be clinicians, leaders, researchers, and scholars who are highly competent, grounded in a sense of inquiry, and committed to human caring. Students and faculty will collaborate in the discovery. integration, application, and dissemination of knowledge in nursing. Clinical excellence will be enhanced through collaboration and partnerships within the University and the community. The College of Nursing will be a resource for knowledge that improves the quality of nursing practice and health care in Rhode Island, the nation, and the world. Philosophical and theoretical insights and research findings will be disseminated to enhance nursing practice nationally and internationally. This vision will be accomplished in an intellectually stimulating and supportive environment that is respectful of diversity and that fosters individual and collective pursuits. (2005)
