Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

facilitate learning. Individual academic counseling and a variety of one-on-one, small-group,and interactive learning formats assist students to meet program and individual learning goals.Mission of the UCLA School of NursingThe mission of the UCLA School of Nursing is to advance nursing science through the conductand dissemination of research and expand its national and international leadership in theeducational preparation of nurses. The School is committed to preparing scholarly and highlyqualified nurses at all levels for the provision of evidence-based quality nursing care for adiverse, multicultural society. The mission of the School focuses in three areas: education,research, and practice.The dominant mission is education of nurses at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral level.At the generic bachelor’s degree level, nurses are prepared as generalists with special skills inprimary, secondary, and tertiary prevention within a population-based context, as well asleadership and evidence-based practice. A program designed for associate degree or diplomanurses provides an opportunity to learn about community-based nursing care while providing afoundation for entering the advanced practice nurse master’s degree program. At the master’slevel, nurses are prepared as generalists in hospital-based care or for advanced nursing practiceas nurse practitioners, clinical specialists, or administrators in a variety of settings andspecialized areas of health care. At the doctoral level, students are prepared as emergingscholars to advance nursing knowledge and science through systematic research. As graduatesof the programs, all students are prepared to function as leaders in academic, health care, andgovernmental/policy settings.Advancing nursing science through significant and methodologically rigorous research is acritical component of the School's mission. The School is recognized as being one of the topschools of nursing in the country. The faculty is committed to increasing its standing in nationaland international research arenas. To this end, the faculty continues collaborative relationshipswith scientists and clinicians in other schools and departments at UCLA, within the University ofCalifornia, at other university campuses, and at cooperative, clinical and research-orientedinstitutions locally, regionally, and internationally.The promotion of expert clinical practice is inherent within the mission and encompassescontributions of clinical expertise and knowledge to the community. This is accomplished bysharing innovations in nursing care and health promotion and by the participation of the facultyin the delivery of expert nursing care to specialized populations, including the underserved andvulnerable populations.153