Page 6 - A Strategic Plan - Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

T he Johns Hopkins School of Nursing’s (JHSON)
2020-2025 Strategic Plan reflects a bold vision for
our school, the profession, and people across the
globe. Our world is shifting away from “health care” as
we’ve long known it, to a broader view of “health” which
examines the context in which people live. JHSON will lead
in this space by prioritizing community engagement,
studying how to improve health equity, and developing
innovative health approaches where people live work, eat,
play, pray, and have families within neighborhoods and
communities.
When we think about the ever-changing technological,
political, and societal shifts, we know that innovation,
excellence, research, and advocacy will be guiding pillars
for our work. As a continued top-ranked School of Nursing
for research funding, JHSON is leading initiatives to
examine telehealth, home care, or how community
investments like health and housing mobility programs, can
provide greater access to all. In addition, we will continue to
make enhancements within our Master’s, Doctor of Nursing
Practice, and PhD programs to increase online o erings and
underscore resilience, mental health care, social
determinants of health, and leadership in the workforce. We
are especially excited about two new areas—digital learning
and health advocacy—that will strengthen our outreach and
widen the scope and impact of nursing’s knowledge and
expertise.
Dean’s Message
Through many partnerships and collaborations, JHSON will
seek to build on its community focus by taking keen
interest in matters most relevant to our East Baltimore
neighbors and beyond. We will leverage partnerships across
the university including with our colleagues in engineering,
business, medicine, and public health. We will do this in our
expanded and inspiring new building where event and
classroom spaces are flexible, designed to foster
collaboration, and optimal for technology and simulation.
Finally, a major priority will be the harnessing our most
valuable asset—our people. Being an inclusive, respectful
place includes all of us, and diversity, equity, and inclusion
will undergird everything else in our vision and strategy.
Within this report, you will learn more about our core goals
and the values that uphold this Strategic Plan.
Innovation & Excellence
Community & Global Capacity
Transformation Technology
Health Policy & Advocacy
People, Partnerships & Collaboration
This 2020-2025 Strategic Plan is a blueprint for our future.
It starts with us today, but it will impact our world for
generations to come.
Sarah L. Szanton
PHD, RN, FAAN
Dean, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Patricia M. Davidson Professor for Health Equity and Social Justice
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