Mission
Our mission — the reason we exist — is Caring, Healing, Teaching and Discovering.
Vision
Our vision — what we want to be — is to be the best provider of health care services, the best place to work and the best environment for teaching and research.
Values
Our values statement — our guide to the individual and organizational behavior we expect — is embodied in the acronym PRIDE:
- Professionalism: How we conduct ourselves and our business
- Respect: For our patients, families, ourselves and each other
- Integrity: Always doing the honest, right thing
- Diversity: Understanding and embracing the diverse beliefs, needs and expectations of our patients, community and employees
- Excellence: What we strive for in everything we do
Philosophy
We, the professional nurses at UCSF Health are committed to:
- Compassionate care and advocacy for all patients, families and the community.
- Excellence in nursing care delivery that is grounded in a holistic approach to the patient and family, acknowledging that their individual responses are influenced by culture, religion, ethnicity and lifestyle.
- Taking responsibility for assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based multidisciplinary care, incorporating patient and family values and preferences.
- Integrating ethics with interpersonal, intellectual and technical skills in providing evidence-based comprehensive care to patients.
- Supporting a culture of caring and nurturing one another by maintaining an environment of unconditional mutual respect.