Hawaii Pacific University

OUR MISSION

The School of Nursing at Hawaiʻi Pacific University is committed to educating and preparing well-qualified and dedicated professionals in the practice of health promotion and health care. Graduates are lifelong compassionate learners and leaders who provide exceptional holistic care in the spirit of aloha for a global community.

OUR VALUES

The faculty, staff, and students of the School of Nursing join the rest of the Hawaiʻi Pacific University community in embracing the following values as representative of the spiritual, ethical, and philosophical principles that support our community, as well as of the aspirational ideals to which we collectively aspire. Alumni of the School of Nursing give back to their communities and exemplify HPUʻs standards of excellence.

• PONO - meaning righteous, honest and moral, and an energy of necessity.
• KULEANA - meaning responsibility and rights, and concern for all interests, property, and people.
• ALOHA - meaning hello, goodbye, love, kindness and grace, unity, humility, patience and waiting for the right moment.