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About OHSUO H S U S C H O O L O F N U R S I N G 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 C ATA LO G A N D S T U D E N T H A N D B O O K6Welcome to the UniversityWelcome to Oregon Health& Science University, oneof the nations most vibrantacademic health centers.OHSU Students get firsthand experience with clinicalspecialties and complextreatment of diseases andhealth-related problemswithin a magnet system of hospitals and clinics.OHSU’s discoveries, patient care and teaching areoffered for the benefit of all. OHSU is a safe, respectfuland welcoming place for people of all ages, cultures,abilities, ethnicities, genders, national origins, races,colors, religions, sexual orientations and ideas. As anincoming student, you should know that discriminationhas no place at OHSU and will not be tolerated. Theseprinciples are embedded in the OHSU culture and allare welcome at OHSU.Our programs are among the best in the nation andprovide students with unique opportunities to realizetheir professional and personal goals. At OHSU, webring teachers, students, research scientists and healthcare professionals together to collaborate in finding newways to improve human health. Your educators will beamong the best in their fields. OHSU School of Nursingis addressing today’s health care challenges locallyand globally through excellence in teaching, research,quality health care and community service.The School of Nursing is well prepared for the future—with innovative curricula, evidence-based learning, apass rate on licensing and certification examinationsthat is one of the best in the country, and robustpartnerships between the five OHSU campuses andcommunity colleges around the state for seamlessacademic progression through the baccalaureate. Weare offering more and more interprofessional educationopportunities at OHSU, particularly now with theexpansion of the Interprofessional Care Access Networkprogram (I-CAN) and the Collaborative Life SciencesBuilding and the establishment of Rural Campuses inKlamath Falls and Coos Bay, with more planned.School of Nursing students and faculty continue toreach out to their communities by providing healthscreenings, immunization information and healthpromotion programs and addressing issues such ashomelessness and childhood obesity. The School ofNursing exemplifies what is best about OHSU —nationally recognized excellence applied to meeting theneeds of our community.OHSU is committed to an inclusive culture that is safeand creates a respectful and healthy environment for all.You have the opportunity to make a rewarding life foryourself and to give back to the community in the process.This is the first step in an incredible experience.Joseph Robertson, Jr., M.D., M.B.A.

Service ExcellenceOregon Health & Science University is the state’s onlycomprehensive public academic health center. Itsfundamental purpose is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Oregon and beyond. A 10-memberboard of directors nominated by the governor andconfirmed by the Oregon Senate governs the university.As a mission-based organization with a vision toimprove the health and wellbeing of Oregonians, OHSUexists to serve others. To be effective, we need to beapproachable and accommodating — we must offercomfort and reassurance and uphold the confidenceof those we serve. This is true of internal clients,collaborators and stakeholders as well as patients,external partners, community leaders and the generalpublic. We must always remember that the people weserve do not experience OHSU as an institution, but asa person — whether in a patient ward, on a physicianconsult line, through research collaboration ornavigating our complex campus. OHSU’s reputation ismade and re-made, every day, one encounter at a time.As part of its multifaceted public mission, OHSUstrives for excellence in education, research andscholarship, clinical practice and community service.Through its dynamic interdisciplinary environment,OHSU stimulates the spirit of inquiry, initiative andcooperation among students, faculty and staff.Setting the example for integrity, compassion andleadership, OHSU strives to: Educate tomorrow’s health professionals, scientists,engineers and managers in top-tier programs thatprepare them for a lifetime of learning, leadership andcontribution. Explore new basic, clinical and applied researchfrontiers in health and biomedical sciences,environmental and biomedical engineering andinformation sciences, and translate these discoveries,wherever possible, into applications in the health andcommercial sectors. Deliver excellence in health care, emphasizing thecreation and implementation of new knowledge andcutting-edge technologies. Lead and advocate for programs that improve healthfor all Oregonians, and extend OHSU’s education,research and health care missions through communityservice, partnerships and outreach.Diversity MissionThe first goal of Vision 2020 captures the centralityof diversity to OHSU values and strategy: “Be a greatorganization, diverse in people and ideas.” Patientsshould be able to see providers who understandand can meet their diverse needs — providers whoappreciate and respect differences, whether ethnicbackground, race, language, religion, abilities, sexualorientation or culture. Students learn best in a diverseeducational environment, from mentors with variedbackgrounds and experiences, and are thus betterequipped to treat the increasingly diverse patientpopulation. In the research mission, diversity promotescreativity. Innovation happens when you bring togetherpeople with a wide variety of backgrounds and ideas.Embracing diversity is the right thing to do, and thesmart thing to do as well.ABOUT OHSUOHSU Mission StatementOHSU VisionA Vision for the FutureAs the state of Oregon’s only public health and researchuniversity, OHSU is a unique resource for Oregoniansand the place where healing, teaching and discoverycome together. We train the health care professionalsthat Oregon communities need. We provide care tothose with the most difficult health challenges. Andour faculty works every day to come up with newdiscoveries that help save lives.A Look Over the HorizonWith the world changing rapidly around us, OHSU istaking a look over the horizon and establishing a roadmap for 2020. OHSU’s strategic plan, Vision 2020, setsa big goal for how to best serve Oregonians. We wantto help make Oregon a national leader in health andscience innovation to improve the health and well-beingof all Oregonians. It’s a big goal – but we think we canget there. Here are a few of the steps along the way: Help meet workforce shortages in the health andscience professions so that Oregonians can find ahealth care provider when they need one. Through leading edge research made possible by theOregon Opportunity, find the next generation oftreatments and cures to improve the quality of healthcare that Oregonians receive. Help develop policy and care delivery solutions thatmake it possible for all Oregonians to have access tohigh-quality health care. Reinvent health education so that health careproviders, scientists and engineers train togetherto better prepare them to work together in thecommunity.7

Partner with communities, industry, other collegesand universities and private citizens to developcommunity-based solutions to community problems.To achieve our goals, we must collaborate, integrate,innovate and pursue sustainable excellence. Theseprinciples help us develop and share new knowledge,improve education and patient care and enhancecommunity service while providing excellentstewardship of public and philanthropic funding.The UniversityAs the state’s only health and research university, OHSUbrings together patient care, research, education of thenext generation of health care providers and scientistand community service to improve the health and wellbeing of all Oregonians.Welcome to OHSUO H S U S C H O O L O F N U R S I N G 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 C ATA LO G A N D S T U D E N T H A N D B O O K8Oregon Health & Science University is the state’s onlyacademic health center. It provides an uncommonarray of services from providing the state’s mostcomprehensive health care, to educating the nextgeneration of clinicians and biomedical researchers, toachieving breakthroughs and innovations.By the NumbersNearly one million patient visits each year. Educatingthousands of future health care providers. You get thepicture.Immerse yourself in more facts and stats than youprobably need about Portland’s largest employer,Oregon’s provider of care to every corner of the state,and one of the nation’s top 28 biomedical researchinstitutions.OHSU FactsOregon Health & Science University is a nationallyprominent research university and Oregon’s only publicacademic health center. It educates health professionalsand scientists and provides leading-edge patient care,community service and biomedical research.Economics and fundingAnnual operating budget: 2.8 billionState appropriation: 1.3%ResearchAward dollars: 389.6 millionAward dollars from out of state: 91%Invention disclosures: 151NIH funding ranking: 28thHealth carePatients: 290,194Patient visits (includes hospitals and medical/dentalclinics): 1,065,800Staffed beds: 573 (145 for pediatrics)Licensed beds: 576EducationOHSU helps to educate 4,566 students and trainees.Students in degree programs at OHSU, including sharedprograms with others: 3,454 (Includes 770 studentsenrolled in joint OHSU programs with PortlandState University, Oregon State University and OregonInstitute of Technology.)Residents and fellows in health care: 812Postdoctoral fellows: 300Degrees awarded: 1,141Faculty: 2,743PhilanthropyGift dollars: 635 millionGifts: 22,223Number of donors: 14,375Total Onward campaign giving: 1.35 billion(Campaign launched in Oct. 2015)Facilities and EmployeesEmployees: 15,642Capital expenditures: 216.7 millionSquare feet of building space: 7.8 millionAlumniNumber of alumni overall: 39,064 (living)Alumni living in Oregon: 53 percentAll data is from fiscal year 2016 with the exception ofeducation statistics, which reflect the academic calendaryear, and the philanthropy campaign total.Unique in OregonOHSU includes the schools of dentistry, medicine,nursing and pharmacy, which is a joint partnership withOregon State University. The university also has twohospitals and multiple medical and dental practices andis home to dozens of research institutes and centers,including the Vollum Institute, the Center for Researchon Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, theNeurological Sciences Institute, the Oregon NationalPrimate Research Center and the Vaccine and GeneTherapy Institute, to name just a few. OHSU’s morethan 200 active outreach and public service programs

The university is the state’s primary resource fortraining tomorrow’s health professionals, scientists andbiomedical engineers, and partners with other Oregoncolleges and universities to provide important alliedhealth training. It is the only place in Oregon that grantsdoctoral degrees in medicine, dentistry and nursing.The dental, medical and nursing clinics offered byOHSU provide an interdisciplinary network of expertisethat results in exceptional services for more than230,000 patients each year, including many clinical careand diagnostic services offered only at OHSU. Withoutthese services, Oregonians would have to travel out ofthe region for their complex medical needs.In many ways, OHSU reaches every corner of the state.OHSU’s more than 200 active outreach and publicservice programs address geographical, cultural andeconomic challenges throughout Oregon. Whetherit’s improving access to health care for vulnerableand underserved populations, bringing educationalprograms to people where they live, expanding scienceeducation opportunities for school-age children orvolunteering staff time and expertise, no other Oregoninstitution touches the lives of so many.ABOUT OHSUaddress geographic, cultural and economic challengesthroughout Oregon.And because of OHSU’s public missions, it is a safetynet for hospitals across Oregon. Going back more thana century, OHSU has provided a disproportionatelylarge share of health care to uninsured and governmentsponsored patients, in comparison to its size and marketpresence.As Oregon’s primary educator of health professionals,addressing looming workforce shortages in healthcare is a priority for OHSU. The university is creatingand developing new partnerships and programs toexpand medical, dental and nursing education to othercommunities in Oregon and to boost the number ofstudents being taught.With physicians and scientists working side by side,OHSU quickly translates new discoveries from thelaboratory into patient care. OHSU’s clinical trials bringinnovative treatments to patients throughout Oregon innearly every area of medicine.And thanks to OHSU’s strong commitment to research,breakthroughs in health and science occur frequently,giving Oregonians access to some of the newest and besttreatments available anywhere.Like other academic health cen

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