University of California - San Francisco (School of Nursing)
HISTORY
The nationally recognized excellence of the School of Nursing reflects a long history of innovation in nursing education. A diploma program for the education of nurses was first offered by the University of California in 1907, when it established the Hospital Training School for Nurses.
In 1917 a five-year curriculum leading to a baccalaureate degree was developed on the Berkeley campus in the Department of Hygiene. This program combined academic study with practice in nursing, using the Training School program as the middle years. These two curricula continued until 1934, when the diploma program was discontinued.
Instruction in public health nursing leading to certification was first offered to graduate nurses in 1918 on the Berkeley campus. In 1925, through funds appropriated by the state legislature from the accumulated funds in the State Bureau of Registered Nurses, an additional certificate curriculum in nursing education and nursing service administration was initiated. The Berkeley and San Francisco programs were brought together administratively in 1934. On March 17, 1939, the Regents authorized the establishment of a School of Nursing, the first autonomous school of nursing in any state university. In 1941 the faculty of the School of Nursing achieved full academic status in the University.
MISSION
Nursing care for the healthy and the ill occurs in a dynamic social and professional environment with changing needs for clinical, research, and theoretical expertise. As a leader in health care and nursing progress, the UCSF School of Nursing must anticipate and respond to changing issues and trends and must influence policies and practices in health care.
Within this context, the School of Nursing draws upon the insights and experiences that its students, faculty, and alumni have to offer from their rich and diverse cultural heritage.
Taking advantage of its long history as a part of the University of California, San Francisco health sciences campus, the School will continue to work cooperatively with other health professionals on campus, nationally, and internationally in its search for excellence in teaching, research, practice, and public service.
The School of Nursing's mission comprises three elements:
* Teaching
o Prepare students from culturally diverse backgrounds to assume leadership roles in nursing clinical practice, administration, teaching, and research.
o Provide education and research training in the social, behavioral, and biological sciences focused on health, illness, and health care.
* Research
o Advance knowledge and theory through research.
o Design and evaluate the organization, financing, and delivery of health care.
o Generate and test innovative professional educational models.
* Practice
o Promote and demonstrate excellence in professional nursing practice.
o Benefit the public, the profession, and the University through active individual and group involvement in service activities.
School name: University of California - San Francisco (School of Nursing)
Address: 3333 California St. at Walnut St., Laurel Heights Bldg.
Zip & city: CA 94143-0602 San Francisco
Phone: (415) 476-1435
Web: http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/
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