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Philosophy
We believe in excellence in the
generation and transmission of nursing knowledge through a teaching learning
process that is the responsibility of both faculty and students. This
process is enhanced by recognizing and responding to the unique learning needs
of a diverse student population in an environment that facilitates and encourages
critical thinking and a spirit of scientific inquiry. We believe
that the teaching/learning process in such an environment fosters the development
of professional skills necessary for the implementation of therapeutic nursing
interventions through the utilization of critical thinking, and effective communication. Additionally,
we believe that this type of environment encourages self-awareness and opportunities
for personal and professional growth through communication and reflection.
Our education of students is predicated on
the American Nurses Association Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice and
the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials of Baccalaureate
Education for Professional Nursing Practice and Essentials of Master's
Education for Advanced Practice Nursing. The faculty utilizes
the relationship among humans, environment, health and nursing as a conceptual
framework, which along with their beliefs about nursing education, guide
the curricula of the college.
We support the tenet that human beings are
the focus of nursing care and interventions and are therefore entitled to comprehensive
treatment with dignity and respect regardless of economic, ethnic, religions,
or social position or belief. Humans are characterized by their complexity,
creativity, adaptability, and diversity. Populations served by nursing
are demographically dynamic and will be composed of increasing numbers of more
diverse members.
Environment is the aggregate of people, things,
conditions, and other influences which impact human existence and development. The
faculty view human development as a dynamic interactive process of genetic
disposition in concert with the environmental influences specific to each individual. We
believe that the health of human beings cannot be understood apart from their
environment. Therefore, a goal for nursing is to modify environmental
factors in order to promote, maintain, and restore health.
Health emerges from the interaction of person
and environment as a series of continuous changes ranging from illness to well-being. Nursing
practice is concerned with the actual or potential health of individuals, families,
groups or communities as defined mutually with them. The ultimate goal
of nursing intervention is to promote and enhance wellness in order to provide
each individual the opportunity to realize their maximum potential.
Nursing is a caring practice comprised of
both an art and a learned scientific discipline guided by sound theoretical
and factual bases. Professional nurses practice according to a code of
ethics, standards of care, and professional guidelines. The faculty define nursing holistically as the diagnosis and treatment
of human responses to actual or potential health problems or needs of individuals,
groups, families, and communities. Nursing's major
responsibility is the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective, accessible
health care services to promote health, prevent disease, and treat illness
across the lifespan. Nursing interacts with other health care professions
to create optimal climates for healing and wellness. Nursing is a component
of a changing health care system which is influenced by economic forces, technological
advances, scientific discoveries, and the public voice.
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