College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Dean's Message

Dale Allison
Dale Allison,
Acting Dean,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Aloha Kakou. Let me be the first to welcome you to the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU). Nursing and Health Sciences is a beginning to a life time career and multiple opportunities for you to engage in assisting people, families, communities, and populations in achieving the best possible health care outcomes.

An education at HPU will set you on a personal and professional development path that will engage you in a rewarding educational pathway. We, at HPU CNHS are on the leading edge of health, educational, and practice changes that effect the health care trends and policies in the United States. We endeavor to provide you with the best health care education in keeping with the HPU vision that "Hawaii Pacific University is the premier, independent American University in and for the Pacific Region" and our mission "...to establish and sustain a vibrant intellectual. Professional and cultural bridge dedicated to preparing students for values-driven lives and productive work and service..."

Health care policy, epidemiology, and evidence-based practice theory guide the educational processes of our complex health care system. Students learn to understand and find pro-active solutions to health care issues throughout the lifespan continuum.

Hawai'i Pacific University College of Nursing and Health Sciences is proud to offer the largest baccalaureate nursing program in Hawai'i, have a dedicated Masters on Nursing Program, and to have a new, rapidly expanding Health Science Program. These programs offer a variety of avenues in health care careers.

Please come explore the professional health care opportunities on our beautiful Hawai'i Loa Campus. We look forward reviewing your professional and educational options with you.
 

Sincerely,
Dale M. Allison, PhD, WHNP-BC, FNP, APRN-Rx, FAAN
Acting Dean and Professor