Relentless Focus on Quality
Certifications and Fellowships
The SoN unveiled a
new strategic plan in 2012
that has a relentless focus
on quality. An external
indicator of quality is recognition through national
certifications or becoming
Fellows in national organizations. The SoN set a
goal to have 60% of the
faculty certified or recognized as Fellows through
the American Academy of Nursing or through the Academy of Nurse Educators. This represented a
significant increase for the School. I am proud to report we are almost there after one year! We currently have 54% of the faculty nationally certified in an area or who are Fellows in an academy. Certifications include holistic nursing, critical care nursing, leadership, quality matters for online teaching,
XXXXX. We must have outstanding faculty to have outstanding students.
Supporting Excellence
Focus on Doctoral Education
Doctoral Education is the goal for most College Faculty in a University
setting. The SoN has been working tirelessly to increase the number of doctorally prepared faculty for many years. In 2012 we reached a goal of 50%
of the faculty having doctorates. For the new strategic plan, we set a new
goal of 70%. Thanks for the generous support of donors we have graduated
XXX faculty with PhD and DNP degrees over the last XXX years. We also
have 9 more faculty in doctoral programs. The willingness of our faculty to
attend school while working full-time is a tribute to the dedication of the
faculty in the SoN to advancing the quality of our education and research.
Pam Strohfus, assistant
professor and coordinator
of the new DNP program, in
her regalia after earning her
DNP.
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
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