The department aspires to create a center of excellence in education, research, community services, and practice endorsed by 2025.

The mission of the Surgical Nursing Department is to facilitate the health of the community through excellence and innovation in nursing education, research, service, and practice.

The Department of Surgical Nursing of Wachemo University is to produce competent professional surgical nurses who can provide compassionate, respectful, and comprehensive surgical care at all levels of the health care system.

The following are the specific objectives of the department:

• Equip surgical nurses with solid knowledge of biomedical science, clinical and public health practice
• Prepare surgical nurses to provide individualized patient care using the nursing process as a framework for patients with surgical disorders.
• Enable surgical nurses to practice professionally on all levels of surgical care settings.
• Equip surgical nurses with critical thinking and decision-making skills, which lead to reflective and responsible practice.
• Enable surgical nurses to develop professional communication skills in dealing with clients, client’s families, and other health professionals.
• Prepare surgical nurses to participate in conducting and utilizing relevant research findings.
• Train surgical nurses who apply evidence-based nursing practice to improve the quality of patient care.
• Equip surgical nurses to perform selected minor surgical operation
• Equip surgical nurses who design and participate in nursing education and nursing curriculum
• Train surgical nurses to promote and maintain optimum standards of nursing care with respect for patients' values, culture, beliefs, and dignity.
• Equip surgical nurses with leadership and management skills
• Equip surgical nurses to advocate fulfilling patients’ needs and participating in professional development.