MISSION
The Rutgers School of Nursing's mission is to educate students; advance the discipline of nursing through research, scholarship, and practice; provide service that meets the health care needs of diverse populations; and demonstrate local, national, and international leadership.
VISION
The Rutgers School of Nursing will be a national and global leader in nursing education, research and scholarship, and clinical care contributing to the improvement of health.
GOALS
Education
- Uphold Rutgers School of Nursing's reputation as a leader in best educational practices and an innovator in preparing students for practice within complex and changing systems to improve the health of the populations served.
- Create a student-centered learning environment that is responsive to changing educational and sociopolitical trends, and also develops nurses who see themselves as leaders in health care systems, policy making, etc.
- Integrate innovative teaching and learning strategies that promote learning responsive to the needs of diverse populations and health care settings for our students, clinical partners, faculty, and community clients.
- Provide leadership and participation in collaborative, interprofessional education (IPE).
Research
- Provide excellence in research and scholarship that contributes to the health and well-being of diverse populations.
- Foster research initiatives that generate, test, and refine disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and inform health policy at the local, state, national, and global levels.
- Design interventions that reduce inequities, enhance patient safety and quality outcomes, promote health and comfort, and reduce suffering.
- Articulate areas of research concentration that reflect faculty expertise and scholarship and help advance the national health agenda. Signature areas for research include patient and person-centered care, self-management, and symptom management.
- Develop strategies that increase team research, including participation of interdisciplinary clinical faculty and students, and community partners in ongoing research activities.
- Expand areas of expertise and influence in selected research methodologies, such as systematic reviews and community-based participatory research.
- Contribute to the body of knowledge in areas of patient-centered care, self-care management, and symptom management.
- Become the "premier" school of nursing for expertise and influence in unique research methodologies such as systematic research reviews, community-based participatory research, and use of large datasets for population health improvement.
Service
- Develop collaborative partnerships with New Jersey communities and health professional scholars to improve care outcomes and enhance educational opportunities for students within a variety of practice settings.
- Foster collaborative research opportunities for students and faculty to contribute to improving cost-effective, high-quality, patient/person-centric health care outcomes for all.
- Partner with health care settings to design educational and research experiences that enrich the environment of care and foster curriculum innovation.
Practice
- Provide leadership at the local, national, and global level that ensures the public has access to quality, safe, and cost-effective health care.
- Maintain and expand access to clinical services through the federally qualified health center, Rutgers Community Health Center.
- Integrate ethical principles that ensure the rights and privileges of all humans to health care that is sensitive to preserving the human dignity of all persons.
- Explore the impact of social determinants of health on health and wellness of populations served in community-centered practice.
Leadership
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Leverage the school's strengths to create positive change in health care delivery, health policy, and population health outcomes.
- Develop and implement evidence-based leadership in order to lead change.
- Demonstrate leadership in interprofessional practice and education.
- Foster workforce and team engagement through demonstration in research and clinical practice.
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