The mission of the CNHS nursing unit is to teach, conduct research, and serve the community. The College prepares diverse health care professionals as providers and leaders in the delivery of high quality, accessible, culturally competent care within a highly technological and global environment. The College promotes, expands and validates scientific knowledge and evidence-based practice through interdisciplinary research. The vision of the CNHS nursing unit is to be globally recognized for the achievements of its alumni and faculty in health care, education, leadership, and research with a focus on the needs of the underserved populations.

The nursing education programs advance the University's mission by preparing qualified men and women as beginning nurse generalists who can function in a variety of roles in diverse health care settings. The nursing programs further advance the University's mission by preparing qualified professional nurses for advanced nursing roles. Advanced practice nurses collaborate with clients and other health care professionals in various settings to provide specialized, culturally competent, theoretical and evidence-based practice.

The goals of the CNHS nursing unit are the following:

To prepare qualified men and women for leadership roles in basic and advanced professional nursing practice in a rapidly changing, multicultural, multiethnic, global environment.
To promote, expand and validate the scientific base of nursing knowledge and practice through the discovery, organization and transmission of research-based knowledge, skills and values.

To collaborate with local, national and international health care agencies in promoting excellence through cost-effective, accessible, equitable and humanistic health care delivery systems for divergent individuals, families and communities.

FIU College of
Nursing & Health Sciences

11200 SW 8th Street HLS 485
Miami, FL 33199

Phone: 305 348 7703
Fax: 305 348 7764