Rush University

Our national reputation for clinical excellence helps make our graduates highly sought after by top health care employers around the country.

Whether you graduate as a new nurse or are advancing your current practice with a doctorate, a degree from Rush prepares you to be a leader in the nursing profession.

Our mission

The mission of Rush University College of Nursing is to integrate nursing practice, scholarship, and education throughout the diverse communities we serve and to boldly lead health care transformation to ensure health equity across the continuum of care.

Our vision

Our vision is to lead nursing practice scholarship while driving health equity.

Our Guiding Principles

1. We strive to be an antiracist and multicultural institution. We aspire to achieve equity and social justice for all members of the College and for those we serve.
2. We value all members of the College and expect them to demonstrate integrity, transparency, moral courage, and respect for others.
3. We value teamwork and we value the importance of cultivating a richly diverse faculty, student body, and staff who contribute their expertise and talents to the collective excellence of the College.
4. We value ongoing professional development informed by self-reflection and believe in learning through one’s personal journey, adapting to change, seeking opportunities for growth, and learning from successes as well as challenges while prioritizing work-life balance.
5. We value success through continual professional growth by fostering collaborative successes that will lead to local, national, and international recognition for the College and its individual members.
6. We value the legacy of the Rush tradition of nursing that uniquely integrates practice, education, scholarship, research, and service. We are committed to outcome-oriented and evidence-based education.
7. We strive to continuously demonstrate excellence in clinical practice, research, education, scholarship, leadership, advocacy, and academic-practice partnerships.
8. We are dedicated to innovation that emphasizes collaborative partnerships with all College stakeholders to generate creative solutions to the issues impacting our world, including health disparities.
9. The College is built on respect for all and values all voices through shared governance. Our collaboration is based on accountability, mentorship, responsiveness to the needs of the communities we serve, and a climate that aspires toward unity and a just culture.