Mission Statement

The mission of the School of Nursing is to provide the people of Oklahoma, specifically southwest Oklahoma, an opportunity for Baccalaureate education which prepares the nurse graduate as a beginning professional practitioner in a variety of clinical settings and career advancement for Registered Nurses. This is achieved with the following purposes:

1. To prepare a practitioner for beginning positions in professional nursing.
2. To facilitate career mobility for the registered nurse seeking a Baccalaureate in nursing.
3. To foster and support professional nursing in western Oklahoma.
4. To provide preparation for graduate study in nursing.
5. To facilitate scientific inquiry through faculty and student research.
6. To provide for continuous evaluation and nursing practice needs in western Oklahoma