Implementing the Vision
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is committed to the principles of leadership, partnership, and innovation. We will use these principles to align our strategic initiatives and goals in the following ways:
LEADERSHIP
- Advance nursing science and practice through Centers of Excellence where research directly affects critical health issues.
- Create innovative opportunities for student involvement in policy development and advocacy.
- Enhance nursing education by providing challenging, intensive, clinical and research learning opportunities in a culturally diverse environment.
- Transform nursing practice by providing intensive clinical and research learning opportunities, and by incorporating information technologies, systems thinking, and teamwork.
PARTNERSHIP
- Build strategic relationships with external entities in order to educate students, support faculty, and enrich the nursing profession.
- Collaborate with other professional disciplines, the University System, and the community to foster and integrate global health activities in our education, research, and practice missions.
- Establish and implement creative, nurse-centered clinical practices incorporating the most current information technology systems and evidence-based practice models.
INNOVATION
- Increase the use of emerging technologies for the School’s clinical simulation laboratories and standardized patient programs to provide optimal, applied, learner-centered experiences for students.
- Create and expand innovative educational programs to prepare experts in advanced practice nursing and to help alleviate the nurse faculty shortage.
- Infuse research learning opportunities for students throughout their educational and practice experiences.
