Duquesne School of Nursing will identify bold pathways to offer students the knowledge
and skill they will need for productive and fulfilling lives and careers as nurses
in the 21st century.
- Strategically diversify online pedagogy in all graduate programs.
- Offer forward-thinking undergraduate education incorporating new educational technologies
to promote learning.
- Develop unique learning opportunities for students in clinical practical experiences.
- Establish priority areas for interdisciplinary research consistent with the SON mission
and national priorities.
- Develop research synergies and teams in the SON.
- Involve undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows in faculty research.
- Provide faculty with resources and support for teaching ethical components of practice.
- Incorporate ethical implications of emerging technologies, laws and scientific/clinical
knowledge into teaching.
- Integrate the needs of an increasingly diverse US population into the curriculum and
course objectives, in classrooms, simulation and on-line education.
- Maintain excellent graduate and/or undergraduate outcomes in the form of licensing
and certification rates.
- Create relevant educational and patient applications in collaboration with the Department
of Biomedical Engineering.
- Offer a biennial Nursing Ethics Symposium.
Duquesne School of Nursing will become the region's flagship institution for community
engagement through mutually beneficial partnerships that advance the city, the region
and the world.
- Partner with Center for Community Engaged Teaching and Research to increase service
and community engagement.
- Increase international student enrollment.
- Establish international visibility by supporting international conferences as well
as research, teaching and practice initiatives.
- Expand global opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty
through formal and long-term relationships with universities and organizations abroad
(such as University College Dublin, Ireland, UPOLI in Nicaragua and expand African
opportunities).
- Increase cultural and global awareness at our School and in our home communities.
- Strengthen and leverage relationship with the University international office as well
as other schools/disciplines that share common goals with the SON.
- Explore the development of a University Employee Wellness Campaign.
Duquesne School of Nursing's academic programs will transcend traditional boundaries,
positioning it as a leader in interdisciplinary and interprofessional programs.
- Increase joint/secondary faculty appointments for nursing faculty at the University.
- Identify and develop interdisciplinary certificates both in-person and online to complement
SON Graduate Program offerings (e.g., Spiritual Care, Nurse Legal Consultant and Forensic/Prison
practice).
- Facilitate tenure track faculty's obtaining a mentor outside of the nursing discipline.
- Develop dual and joint degrees with other schools/ departments at the University.
- Engage in interdisciplinary and interprofessional education and research in priority
areas.
- Support interdisciplinary collaboration with hospitals and organizations that provide
jobs for SON graduates and joint appointments for faculty.
- Explore a flexible curriculum to help students to obtain a minor.
- Expand simulation, especially interdisciplinary simulation, with new modalities.
- Collaborate with corporations/health care systems to develop innovative educational
technologies.
- Enhance Clinical Faculty Development Program.
- Establish an ongoing development program for all academic advisors, in-person and
online, to ensure optimum student advisement and services.
- Provide ongoing Faculty Development Sessions on new instructional technology and interdisciplinary
simulation.
- Maintain a reduced faculty teaching workload plan for the faculty member developing
or maintaining an independent program of externally funded research.
Duquesne School of Nursing will create a vibrant campus community that fosters the
achievements of its talented nursing students, faculty and staff.
- Develop and implement a plan of action to address the recruitment/retention of students,
faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds.
- Increase students from underrepresented populations.
- Increase faculty and staff from underrepresented populations.
- Identify and apply for external funding consistent with SON priority areas from both
government and foundation sources.
- Assess and adopt strategies to support a diverse, multicultural workplace, including
an annual Staff Development Program.
- Create a SON Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
- Offer External Academic Leadership opportunities to develop diverse faculty leaders.
- Develop and implement comprehensive faculty education and mentorship programs for
all early- to mid-career research and clinical track faculty.
- Increase the number of faculty inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, American
Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and Academy of Nurse Education Fellows and Sigma Theta
Tau and other research organizations.
Duquesne School of Nursing will encourage an entrepreneurial spirit that will allow
it to creatively steward university assets, adapt to changing environments and enhance
its financial vitality to fulfill its mission for a new era.
- Increase programs and student populations in high-growth majors congruent with health
care projections, needs assessment and SON resources.
- Grow enrollment up to 1500 students, recruiting students into an expanded portfolio
of BSN, MSN, DNP and PhD programs.
- Study the potential for the development of undergraduate programs such as an RN to
MSN, BSN to DNP and a BSN to PhD.
- Create new master's program: MSN in Executive Nursing Leadership and Health Care Managemen,
and additional advanced practice programs such as Psychiatric-Mental Nurse Practitioner,
Adult Acute Gerontology Nurse Practitioner, and possibly Nurse Midwifery.
- Create new doctoral program: Early Assurance Doctoral Admission, DNP to PhD and PhD
in Nursing Ethics.
- Develop SON's infrastructure, facilities and resources to keep pace with enrollment
growth and increased academic excellence.
- Secure scholarships targeted to diverse populations including students with disabilities.
- Secure an Endowed Chair in Nursing Ethics to support the PhD in Nursing Ethics program
in cooperation with the Center for Health Care Ethics.
- Recruit and retain additional mid-career, research active faculty.
- Identify and apply for external funding consistent with SON priority areas from both
government and foundation sources.
- Significantly increase number of grant submissions and funding.
