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Overview and Strategic Plan
Overview
To develop nurse leaders and improve health within and beyond Mississippi through excellence in education, research,
Priorities and Goals
Priority #1: Prepare and sustain a competent nursing workforce to achieve health equity
- Implement competency-based education to prepare practice-ready nurse leaders
- Build adaptive, accessible, physical, and virtual learning spaces
- Expand interprofessional (IPE) experiences with diverse populations
- Align program offerings to meet anticipated workforce needs
Priority #2: Cultivate an inclusive SON community reflecting the populations we serve to promote health and well-being
- Strengthen and maintain an infrastructure to support a restorative and equitable environment for faculty, staff, and students
- Recruit and retain excellent diverse faculty, staff, and student leaders, reflecting the communities we serve
- Establish a comprehensive system to promote success in all students
Priority #3: Strengthen mutually beneficial local to global partnerships for transforming health care
- Enrich and develop academic practice partnerships that incorporate the four spheres of care
- Create and advance technology that will revolutionize health care in Mississippi
- Build capacity for partnerships that address global health needs in Mississippi and beyond
- Create innovative service models for addressing health needs in underserved populations in Mississippi
Priority #4: Accelerate creative inquiry to advance nursing science with translation for improving health
- Cultivate a spirit of inquiry to promote the SON research and scholarship
- Optimize research and scholarly collaborations
- Expand research capacity