Nursing Mission Statement

The purpose of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Nursing departments is to provide a scholarly environment in which faculty and students gain and extend knowledge of health, health care, and professional nursing. Nursing offers on-campus and distance baccalaureate, graduate, and continuing education for the practice of professional nursing.

The select mission of Nursing is to:

1. educate nurses at the baccalaureate level through professional and general education to provide professional nursing in a variety of health care settings;
2. educate nurses at the master's level who are prepared for leadership and advanced practice in Adult and Family Health Nursing;
3. provide continuing education opportunities for registered nurses;
4. provide an environment which enhances scholarly activity; and
5. contribute to the health care of the community through faculty and student involvement in health focused activities.

Nursing Vision Statement

Members of the UW-Eau Claire Nursing departments, as a learning community, honor our historical successes while we risk the pursuit of new avenues of excellence.

WE VALUE:

• Unity in diversification
• Humanized health and education systems
• Caring, collaborative relationships among students, colleagues, and clients
• Challenge and growth
• Shared commitment to knowledge and understanding

WE PROMOTE:

• Individual dreams collectively strengthened through group endeavors which exhilarate, prepare and propel us to meet the challenges of the future.

WE CREATE:

• A synthesis of education and practice initiatives which empowers students and faculty to actualize the discipline's potential to generate new knowledge which serves the interdependent health needs of our local and global communities.

WE LEAD:

• Health care reform and better serve the public good through broad-based community and interdisciplinary team collaboration directed at health promotion and prevention.