School of Nursing - CSU, Chico

Vision & Mission Statement

The School of Nursing is an integral unit of the College of Natural Sciences at California State University, Chico, and, in accord with the primary goal of the University, provides a quality education. The School of Nursing further subscribes to the University's commitment to serve the population of northeastern California.

Mission

The mission of the School of Nursing is to offer baccalaureate and master’s programs in nursing that prepare graduates as generalists in professional nursing, as nursing educators, and as leaders/managers for diverse healthcare settings. As such, the school provides high quality, student-centered learning environments that utilize technological innovation and promote critical thinking. The school supports faculty and student scholarly activities and encourages lifelong learning. The school also fosters service to others through our extensive community and regional collaboration with external healthcare stakeholders.

Goals

The University, College of Natural Sciences, and School of Nursing have identified six goals known as strategic priorities, which are as follows:

  1. Believing in the primacy of student learning, we will continue to develop high quality learning environments both in and outside of the classroom.
  2. Believing in the importance of faculty and staff and their role in student success, we will continue to invest in faculty and staff development.
  3. Believing in the value of the wise use of new technologies in learning and teaching, we will continue to provide the technology, the related training, and the support needed to create high quality learning environments both in and outside of the classroom.
  4. Believing in the value of service to others, we will continue to serve the educational, cultural, and economic needs of Northern California.
  5. Believing that we are accountable to the people of the State of California, we will continue to diversify our sources of revenue and manage the resources entrusted to us.
  6. Believing that each generation owes something to those that follow, we will create environmentally literate citizens who embrace sustainability as a way of living. We will be wise stewards of scarce resources and, in seeking to develop the whole person, be aware that our individual and collective actions have economic, social, and environmental consequences locally, regionally, and globally.

Objectives for the Graduate

The baccalaureate graduate Will:

  1. Apply the nursing process and professional standards of care in nursing practice.
  2. Use scientific knowledge, research, and nursing theory as the basis for professional nursing practice.
  3. Apply knowledge of the changing health care delivery system in fostering the health of diverse persons in their environments.
  4. Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
  5. Apply leadership/management concepts in multiple settings and professional roles.
  6. Be an active participant for change within the health care delivery system.

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