To prepare exceptional nurses who advance through clinical excellence, research and dynamic community partnerships.
Pioneer a future in healthcare where innovative minds redefine and enhance lives as extraordinary nurse leaders, clinicians, scientists and advocates.
'ICARE' Core Values
- Innovation
- Collaboration
- Advocacy
- Respect
- Excellence
A unified framework driving health equity, inclusion and interdisciplinary practice.
To prepare exceptional nurses who advance through clinical excellence, research and dynamic community partnerships.
Pioneer a future in healthcare where innovative minds redefine and enhance lives as extraordinary nurse leaders, clinicians, scientists and advocates.
'ICARE' Core Values
- Innovation
- Collaboration
- Advocacy
- Respect
- Excellence
A unified framework driving health equity, inclusion and interdisciplinary practice.
Strategic Priorities & Operational Framework
Strategic Goal: Be a leader in delivering high-quality, practice-ready nursing education through innovative, accessible programs aligned with workforce needs.
Key Priorities & Actions
Strengthen curriculum success pathways, expand faculty capacity and integrate simulation methodologies. Increase admissions across B.S.N., M.S.N. and D.N.P. lines while establishing a premier Ph.D. program by Fall 2026.
Targeted Metrics & Indicators
- Align faculty FTE 100% with accreditation standards and regulations.
- ≥90% of faculty complete annual development in teaching innovation.
- ≥80% of clinical courses integrate a minimum of one high-fidelity simulation experience.
- ≥80% first-time pass rates on NCLEX and APRN certification exams.
Strategic Goal: Strengthen clinical partnerships to ensure high-quality, stable and scalable clinical education experiences.
Key Priorities & Actions
Expand and stabilize regional clinical placement capacity. Develop a structured advisory board of clinical and community partners by 2027 and expand preceptor, site mentor and clinical faculty operational handbook updates.
Targeted Metrics & Indicators
- ≥80% of students placed in clinical sites/practicum within two weeks of semester start by 2027.
- Advisory Board established and executing meetings annually by 2027.
- Increase active placements proportional to program enrollment growth.
- 100% of clinical and D.N.P. programs have integrated handbook and orientations.
Strategic Goal: Advance nursing science and scholarly inquiry through expanded research capacity, faculty expertise and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Key Priorities & Actions
Build robust grant-writing and scholarly collaboration groups while introducing deep structural mentorship for early-career tenure tracks.
Targeted Metrics & Indicators
- Increase proposal pipeline submissions to four per year (a 50% increase by 2028).
- ≥10 Doctoral student manuscript submissions by 2028.
- 100% of new tenure-track faculty finish targeted training through ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿RF or Women’s Caucus.
- Establish a benchmark for faculty scholarly output of 2 peer-reviewed elements per year.
Strategic Goal: Enhance community impact through sustainable partnerships with health and military systems and community-based agencies aligned with regional health needs.
Key Priorities & Actions
Increase cross-sector alliances, synchronize course maps directly with regional health demand pipelines and launch strategic student ambassador outreach structures.
Targeted Metrics & Indicators
- Increase number of active community partnerships by 10% by 2028.
- Increase documented community engagement metrics by 10% above baseline by 2029.
- Execute annual reviews of programmatic alignment with health industry demand.
Institutional Context
Operating within newly integrated academic health sciences enterprise of Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, Ellmer School of Nursing anchors the largest portfolio of interprofessional health sciences programs in the commonwealth.
Led by its inaugural dean, this strategic roadmap drives workforce pipeline development, clinical training capacity and regional health equity.
Strategic Integration Themes
- Interprofessional Collaboration
Integrated clinical partnerships preparing for team-based, real-world healthcare delivery. - Research & Innovation
Coordinated discoveries accelerating translation into clinical practice. - Community & Health Equity
Targeted regional outreach addressing health disparities across Hampton Roads. - Leadership & Workforce Diversity
Inclusive excellence empowering professional advocates and clinical leaders.
Aligned with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Vision for National & International Prominence