FACULTY AND STUDENT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, SUCCESS, AND ENGAGEMENT
The Florida State University College of Nursing promotes faculty and student academic excellence, success, and engagement by offering a rigorous curriculum, faculty development, student engagement, and professional development opportunities that support innovation, inquiry, entrepreneurship, and clinical scholarship.
- Cultivate and enhance academic partnerships that provide our students with a diverse range of invaluable experiences, enabling them to develop their skills, broaden their perspectives, and excel in their professional journey.
- Expand upon a holistic learning environment by creating more avenues for co-curricular engagement opportunities in research, honors, service-learning, internships, international programs, etc.
- Provide a comprehensive curriculum that equips our students with the necessary knowledge and skills and actively fosters healthcare advocacy experiences, empowering them to champion the needs and rights of patients and communities.
- Provide opportunities for faculty to engage in innovative practice that exposes students to new ways of learning and knowing.
- Support the advancement of initiatives aimed at investing in the success of our students, ensuring they receive comprehensive support, guidance, and resources necessary to thrive academically, personally, and professionally.
- Grow opportunities for our nursing students to actively engage and participate in professional organizations, enabling them to build invaluable networks, access resources, develop leadership skills, and stay current on emerging trends and advancements in the field.
- Provide opportunities that support faculty certification in identified specialty areas.
- Support and encourage faculty participation in regional and national conferences that increase college and university visibility and promote professional development and excellence in teaching, research, and practice.
- Understand evolving trends in nursing, including the workforce shortage, and actively advocate for initiatives that not only promote accessible pathways for entry into the nursing profession but also support continuous professional growth.
- Build upon teaching and learning strategies that measure competency with a curriculum that is aligned with the Essentials from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Core Competencies.
- Promote dynamic learning environments that foster active engagement and experiential learning that assess and evaluate students’ knowledge application across increasingly complex systems of care.
- Provide interprofessional educational opportunities that require students to apply the principles of teamwork and leadership.
- Promote a culture of curiosity and innovation that supports the continuous evaluation and improvement of the nursing curriculum.