VISION:

The vision of Global Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Peshawar often reflects its aspirations, long-term goals, and the impact it aims to make in the field of nursing. Here's an example of a nursing college's vision statement:

"To become a globally recognized center of excellence in nursing education, research, and practice. Our vision is to empower future generations of nurses with cutting-edge knowledge, compassionate care, and leadership skills, shaping them into agents of positive change in healthcare. We strive to cultivate a diverse community of nursing professionals committed to innovation, evidence-based practice, and holistic patient care. Through collaboration, dedication, and a commitment to lifelong learning, we aim to address the evolving healthcare needs of society and make a lasting impact on health outcomes worldwide."

This is an illustrative example, and the actual vision statement of a nursing college may vary based on its specific goals, values, and areas of focus.

MISSION:

The mission of a nursing college outlines its purpose, values, and commitments to its students, faculty, and the broader community. Here's an example of a mission statement for a nursing college:

"Our mission is to educate and empower aspiring nurses to excel in their practice by providing a comprehensive, innovative, and student-centric learning environment. We are dedicated to fostering a culture of excellence, integrity, and compassion in nursing education. Through dynamic curriculum, experiential learning opportunities, and state-of-the-art facilities, we aim to prepare competent and culturally competent nurses capable of meeting the diverse healthcare needs of individuals, families, and communities. Our commitment to research, evidence-based practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration enables us to contribute to the advancement of healthcare knowledge and improve patient outcomes. We strive to inspire leadership, professionalism, and a lifelong passion for learning among our students, creating a lasting impact on the healthcare landscape".

PHILOSOPHY

Nursing is a practical science that meets the health needs of society and is based on the humanities, social science, and natural science. Nursing focuses on the inter-relationship among four major concepts: person, environment, health, and nursing. The person is a unique, integrated being who grows and develops over the life span. Health is a state of well-being with optimal function that is achieved through balance and harmony in person-environment interaction. The environment refers to the internal and external factors that constantly change, affecting health. Nursing activities include treatment, education, support, and therapeutic management to promote health within interpersonal relationships. The goal of nursing is to help individuals, families, groups, and communities to reach an optimum state of well-being by restoring, maintaining, and promoting their health. Professional nurses are required to think creatively, building on the values of altruism, autonomy, and social justice. In addition, nurses must keep abreast of social changes and consistently improve their overall capacity.

NURSING PHILOSOPHY:
Human beings are multi-dimensional, dynamic, open systems in continual interaction with the environment. They are complex wholes who seek balance through their unique abilities. They exhibit age, cultural, spiritual, ethnic, gender, and sexual orientation diversity. Accountable for their actions, human beings have the potential for self-direction and rational decision making as they maintain, preserve, and promote health throughout the lifespan.
Health is a dynamic process—a way of life—that involves complex responses between internal and external factors. It is the integration of the multiple dimensions of life, which when working in harmony create wholeness and lead to a sense of well-being and satisfaction. Health is influenced by individual genetic endowments, levels of development, lifestyles, and sociocultural and physical environments, and is manifested as a pattern. Health can also refer to the needs of a larger community or society.

The environment is composed of internal and external components. The internal environment includes physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual realities within human beings. The external environment includes social organizations and systems, such as economics, politics, and policy development, as well as the physical environment. Environment is also the aggregate of societal expectations, reflected in the intracultural and intercultural interaction of human beings within families, groups, and communities.

Nursing is a unique, practice-oriented discipline that meets a societal goal. The science of nursing is concerned with critical thinking, problem solving, and the application of knowledge. The art of nursing involves interacting, caring, and valuing. The goals of nursing contribute to health enhancement via health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention. The ultimate goal of nursing is to optimize health by interpreting and influencing responses to health and illness. Attainment of optimal health requires collaboration between nurse and client as well as with professionals from other disciplines. Professional nursing involves provision of compassionate patient-centered care—using the nursing process, employing evidence-based practice, applying quality improvement, working in inter and intradisciplinary teams, and using informatics.

The nursing process is a dynamic and on-going means of addressing clinical problems. A collaborative endeavor, it depends on nurse and client observations, perceptions, and consensual validations of physiological, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs. This process requires nurse, client, family, and members of collaborating health care teams to work together. The nursing process involves:
• Assessing factors that influence the position of the client, group, community, or population on a health-illness continuum;
• Determining actual or potential health problem(s);
• Establishing mutually acceptable goals;
• Intervening by promoting adaptation through modification of influencing factors or increasing the coping response;
Evaluating the position on the health-illness continuum to reaffirm or modify nursing interventions.