1. To provide students the opportunity to:
   1. obtain a baccalaureate education in nursing.
   2. obtain a graduate education in nursing.
   3. increase knowledge of issues in health care to non-nursing majors.
   4. obtain a minor in health care management.
2. To provide an educational environment that promotes life-long learning, and professional development.
3. To offer education programs that provide sound foundations for advanced education and skills.
4. Enhance the health care of the region through teaching, scholarship and service.

Baccalaureate Program

1. Utilize a systematic, deliberative approach in providing health care to clients in diverse settings.
2. Implement professional nursing roles for practice in a variety of health care settings.
3. Demonstrate beginning competence in communication, critical thinking, and therapeutic nursing intervention skills as a generalist in professional nursing practice.
4. Evaluate professional nursing practice, based on professional, legal and ethical standards.
5. Demonstrate professional development and preparation for life-long learning.
6. Utilize knowledge from the arts and sciences in professional nursing practice.

Masters Program

1. Utilize a systematic deliberative approach in implementation of advanced nursing roles.
2. Demonstrate competence in advanced communication, critical thinking, research and therapeutic nursing intervention skills in areas of role specialization.
3. Integrate legal, ethical and professional guidelines as standards for nursing practice into area of specialization.
4. Develop advanced nursing roles in area of role specialization, integrating knowledge and theory from the arts, sciences and nursing.
5. Develop strategies to influence nursing, healthcare and health care policy.
6. Demonstrate professional development and preparation for life-long learning in areas of role specialization.