About

Mission

To improve the health of all populations through equitable and compassionate service, value-driven research, and innovative nursing and health professions education, preparing learners to use their hearts, minds, and souls to change the health of the world.

Vision

The School of Nursing and Health Professions will eliminate health inequity and promote health justice locally and globally while preserving human dignity.

Our Values

In harmony with the core values of the University of San Francisco, the School of Nursing and Health Professions embraces:

  • Courage to challenge existing paradigms to advance health equity and achieve health justice.
  • Community that fosters collaborative action for positive change.
  • Diversity, in all its forms, to ensure inclusivity and belonging.
  • Excellence that instills responsibility, accountability, professionalism and a desire for personal growth and lifelong learning.
  • Ethical practice that reflects humanistic ideals, and upholds the inherent dignity and worth of each individual.
  • Scholarly inquiry that seeks the best evidence and promotes the highest levels of scientific integrity.