Mission Statement of the Department of Nursing

The Department mission is to provide a curriculum in nursing built on a liberal arts and science foundation designed to prepare women for entry into professional nursing practice and for advanced practice in nursing. Further, in keeping with the Mission of the College, the Department seeks to educate women in the tradition of intellectual vigor, aesthetic appreciation, religious sensibility, and social responsibility.

As a Catholic college, Saint Mary's cultivates a Christian community of intellectual inquiry and social action. The department emphasizes student development in faith and responsiveness to spiritual needs of self and others that challenges students to promote human health and dignity through their practice of professional nursing, making a difference in a complex world by assuming leadership roles.