Vision and Mission
Our commitment to compassionate care knows no boundaries.
Vision
To provide culturally competent and evidence-based health care and services to vulnerable populations around the world, foster a lifelong commitment to social responsibility and compassionate service, and promote advances in health care in communities served.
Mission
In congruence with university guidelines, our mission is to:
- Provide evidence-based health services and education to meet the unique needs of vulnerable populations across the life-span internationally.
- Ensure students and faculty are culturally competent in caring for diverse populations.
- Bring people together by working collaboratively while sharing perspectives and fostering cultural understanding.
Objectives
- Explore international opportunities congruent with faculty expertise and available resources.
- Ensure cultural competency integration throughout the curriculum.
- Integrate the Nursing Global Health Program with other units on campus such as the USD International Center, University Ministry, and the Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness and Social Action.
- Investigate and design research or evidence-based practice projects that address health disparities and identified needs of the populations served.
- Identify needs and provide services designed to foster health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention, and sustainability.
- Provide opportunities for personal and professional development to enhance nursing leadership and service.
Strategies
- Provide opportunities for students for transition of classroom knowledge to the field through mentored clinical experiences.
- Support development of web/intranet based teaching tools and methods for sharing of information.
- Create an elective course related to Global Health.
- Obtain funding for global health care initiatives and research.
- Facilitate international partnerships for education, practice, and research with peer institutions that facilitate enrollment and that are sustainable and replicable.
- Provide an opportunity for students to explore their personal and professional growth through self-reflection.