The mission of the Department of Nursing is to educate students, advance knowledge, and provide service to the University, the profession, and the community through excellence in the discovery, application, integration, and dissemination of knowledge. The department emphasizes health promotion needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities. The mission of the Department of Nursing is in concert with the missions of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the School of Health and Environment. We aim to provide an affordable education of high quality and to focus scholarship and public service on a global vision of health