Vision
The college of Nursing aspires to be a model for education, research, and service excellence and to deliver innovative academic nursing programs which meet international standards and national health needs.
Mission
The mission of the college of Nursing is to prepare world-class nursing graduates who are committed to delivering optimal quality health care that is aligned with national health strategy and international standards, excellence in research, and enhances the nursing profession.
Values
- Excellence: Nurses excel in their roles and deliver excellent care. Implement nursing in a professional and competent manner, demonstrate a holistic approach to caring, possess certain personal qualities which enhance practice, research, and education.
- Integrity: is acting in accordance with a nurse’s code of ethics and accepted standards of practice. Integrity is reflected in professional practice when the nurse is honest and provides care based on an ethical framework that is accepted within the profession.
- Innovation: allow the nurse to develop a novel idea, service or care pathway that has clear benefits when compared to what is currently done that are cost-effective, safe, practical, and desirable.
- Cultural Believes & Traditions: In professional practice it is concerned with respecting religion, honesty, loyalty, advocacy for the welfare of others, respect privacy, confidentiality and nurses showing endurance and self- respect.
- Autonomy: is the right to self- determination. Professional practice reflects autonomy when the nurse respects patients’ rights to make decisions about their health care.
- Equity and justice are acting in accordance with fair treatment regardless of economic status, religion, race, ethnicity, age, citizenship, or disability.
- Accountability: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions. In nursing practice, accountability is about maintaining competency and safeguarding quality patient care outcomes and standards of the profession, while being answerable to those who are affected by one's nursing.
- Caring: is central to nursing and can be essential to the actions a nurse takes. Caring allows the nurse to connect with clients, respect human dignity, develop empathy and respond with compassion.
- Human Dignity is respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. In professional practice, concern for human dignity is reflected when the nurse values and respects all patients and colleagues.
- Leadership: The ability to inspire, influence and motivate nursing staff and other health care workers to work together to achieve their highest potential and collective organizational goals.
- Lifelong learning: is an ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge that is focused on personal and professional development. Nurses continue to learn throughout their careers to gain knowledge so they can competently fulfill their roles, scope of practice and standards of care.
- Teamwork: The ability of the nurse to function effectively with nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality client care.