The School of Nursing is a national leader with a commitment to clinical excellence, robust research and evidence-based practice, and to cultivating leadership in students and faculty. Its Compassionate Care Initiative calls upon contemplation in promoting resilience and high quality, compassionate care while preventing burnout among healthcare workers, and reducing costs. Other programs promote wellbeing, efficiency, excellence, and resilience for patients and their families, as well as for students, staff, and faculty. Nursing has research on contemplation, wellbeing, and human optimization in the health sciences, as well as on physical illness and health, and mental health and functioning.