Purpose:
NROC is the outreach and research arm of the James Madison University Nursing Department. NROC serves a coordinating function for initiatives and collaborative relationships between the nursing department and other internal and external individuals, groups, and agencies. NROC provides a mechanism for nursing faculty individually and collectively to fulfill the department mission of influencing the quality of nursing and health care delivery in our region and to facilitate the fullfillment of the department mission in teaching, research, service and faculty practice. While an arm of the nursing department NROC is designed to promote broad-based, interdisciplinary, collaborative initiatives.
Mission:
To improve the health care system in our region through research and outreach partnerships.
Organization:
NROC is organized in four major outreach areas: partnership programs, research and grants, Holistic Health Resource Center, and continuing education. Explore to the left for further information on current initiatives.Contact Information:
Emily Akerson, RN, MN, C-FNP
Coordinator
(540) 568-6120
akersoek@jmu.edu
