College of Nursing Vision and Mission Statement
CON Vision Statement
The vision of the CON is to develop solutions for the most important nursing challenges pertaining to human health and health equity in our communities through education, scholarship, practice, and service.
CON Mission Statement
The mission of the CON is to provide exemplary and innovative education, research, practice, service, and leadership that improves state, national, and global health. The College’s efforts focus on the scholarship of nursing education, research, practice, and policy to inform and lead in the delivery and analysis of nursing and health care.
CON Programmatic Goals
- Fully participate in UNM, HSC, and the UNM Health System governance and policy-making bodies to achieve our vision, mission, and strategic goals.
- Produce graduates with the nursing expertise to improve health and promote health equity of New Mexicans through leadership, research, policy, and the provision of exceptional healthcare.
- Provide outstanding educational programs to diverse student populations.
- Lead in state and national baccalaureate and graduate education in nursing.
- Expand and support a scholarship base consistent with being the flagship graduate nursing program in New Mexico and with the University of New Mexico’s designation as a Research University with high research activity.
- Implement nursing and interprofessional faculty practice models that provide innovative, scholarly solutions to improve health.
- Provide statewide leadership and advocacy in nursing and health policy.
- Diversify the College of Nursing to increase representation to better reflect the communities we serve across the state of New Mexico.
- Develop entrepreneurial and innovative strategies to attract and efficiently manage CON resources (fiscal, physical, and human) in a changing economic environment.
CON Strategic Planning
The CON Strategic Plan provides the CON with direction to develop a curriculum that will deliver progressive educational programs to New Mexicans that are consistent with the needs of the discipline and the State of New Mexico. There is an annual CON strategic planning meeting attended by all CON faculty and staff. At this meeting, progress toward goals is measured, and new goals are set.