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Our Mission
The mission of the School of Nursing is to: (1) provide baccalaureate and graduate education in nursing for a diverse student body; (2) prepare graduates to provide quality nursing care, leadership and to act as advocates to meet the health care needs of culturally diverse people in urban environments; and, (3) to improve health care and nursing services through service to the community.
Our Philosophy
Some values and assumptions that undergird the SFSU School of Nursing philosophy statement are that: (1) Humans manifest an essential unity of mind/body/spirit; (2) Human experience is contextually and culturally defined; (3) Health and illness are human experiences; and (4) Nursing involves practices that are restorative, supportive, and promotive in nature (ANA, 2004). Based on these values, the graduate of our program is prepared to practice in a variety of settings across the health care continuum and to care for patients, families, and communities across the lifespan. The nursing graduate will utilize knowledge from related disciplines, as well as liberal and professional education to demonstrate: (1) knowledge and skills in nursing; (2) intellectual curiosity and critical thinking; (3) cultural competence; (4) evidence-based practice standards; (5) ethical nursing care; and, (6) leadership and lifelong learning
Our Goals
- To provide an environment conducive to learning for students with diverse learning styles and needs.
- To develop clinicians, leaders, advocates and advanced practice nurses to function in evolving health care systems.
- To increase the numbers of nurses from groups underrepresented in nursing.
- To prepare nurses who integrate and apply research in clinical practice.
- To provide service to the community through faculty and student leadership, consultation, research and clinical practice.
