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NSYSU Department of Nursing

Educational Goals

Our departmental motto, “ Compassion, Responsibility, Critical Thinking, Innovation, and Practice,” captures what we strive for: nursing professionals who blend humanistic care, professional skill, and practical fluency with digital technology.

Here’s how that comes to life:

  • Compassion: You can’t pour from an empty cup. Our students learn to understand and care for themselves first, by building the self-awareness and empathy it takes to truly care for others. From there, they learn to respect cultural diversity and individual differences, deliver whole-person care, and always put patient well-being first.
  • Responsibility: We nurture a strong sense of medical ethics and a conscientious approach to every challenge in nursing to ensure that our students deliver safe, high-quality care in every situation.
  • Critical Thinking: Through courses such as anatomy and physiology and evidence-based healthcare, along with case analysis, students develop clinical reasoning skills and the ability to quickly analyze and assess complex medical situations, preparing them for a fast-changing healthcare environment.
  • Innovation: We champion cross-disciplinary learning, encouraging students to collaborate across fields, boldly propose creative solutions, and push the nursing profession forward.
  • Practice: With hands-on, practice-oriented education, students take what they learn in the classroom into real-world clinical settings, strengthening their ability to apply knowledge in the real world. They can turn learning into action and fulfill the nursing mission.

  National Sun Yat-sen University College of Medicine Department of Nursing
Core Values (AI)2 = Artistic & Inclusive
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Advanced & Innovative
• Inventiveness & Interdisciplinarity
• Compassion & Collegiality
• Integrity & Accountability
• Persistence & Practicality
• Holistic Care
• Technological Innovation
• Humanistic Inclusion
• Sustainable Praxis
• Global Leadership
Our Vision To become “the Harvard of southern Taiwan,” providing the talent and creativity the Greater South needs in order to thrive. To develop outstanding medical education and research enriched by both the humanities and technology, thereby raising the quality of healthcare and promoting human health and well-being.

To become a leading innovator in healthcare: nurturing nursing professionals who deliver holistic care powered by technology, guided by humanistic values. Through cross-disciplinary, evidence-based research and international collaboration, we put our people-centered mission of sustainable health into practice.

Educational Goals Overall Goal:

Cultivate social elites, future leaders, and a think tank for national policy

  • Strengthen academic excellence
  • Foster a global perspective
  • Nurture the humanistic spirit
  • Promote well-rounded development across all five domains of education and pursue bold, big-picture creativity.
Objective:

To become a world-class, all-around university where the humanities and sciences go hand in hand.

Targets:

  • Cultivate forward-thinking leaders of strong character.
  • Create outstanding academic value and boost international competitiveness.
  • Drive regional transformation and foster social and economic well-being.

Our Mission:

The College of Medicine will stay the course toward this vision through the following commitments:

1. Promoting broad learning and innovation

2. Bridging clinical experience with basic research

3. Nurturing teamwork and leadership

4. Pursuing excellence in research, learning, and clinical practice

5. Serving as a model for health equity

1. Cultivate nursing elites who excel in both holistic care and technological innovation

2. Shape leaders with humanistic vision and international competitiveness
3. Develop a practical model for technology-driven sustainable health

Educational Philosophy: We cultivate nursing professionals who combine humanistic care, professional expertise, and fluency in applying digital technology.