Bachelor of Science in Nursing

The nursing curriculum is based on the nursing meta-paradigm of person, environment, health, and nursing. We believe that nursing exists to meet the health care needs of individuals, families, communities, and society. We believe that individuals, families, communities, and society are open systems and that health is a dynamic process conceptualized as a multidimensional state of relative well-being. We believe social, emotional, and cultural influences are reflected in response patterns observed in clients and that the role of the nurse in the delivery of health care evolves to meet ever-changing health care needs. We believe that nursing is an art and a science expressed in interactional processes in which the nurse assists clients across the life span in the prevention of diseases, promotion, maintenance and restoration of health or coping with illness or death. Nursing includes a knowledge base, an intellectual approach to problem analysis, and the therapeutic use of self. Successful implementation of the nursing process requires personal commitment, application of knowledge, and recognition of the dignity and diversity of each individual, family, and group. We believe in supporting and protecting human rights and dignity including the right to health care. We believe professional nurses are prepared for changing and expanding roles through education as an active continuing process of lifelong learning, which occurs in a climate with opportunities for interaction between learner and teacher. We believe the uniqueness of all learners forms the basis of the learning process and provides a focus for building on personal capabilities, goals, and life experiences of learners. Lastly, we believe in the advancement of nursing. To this end, the staff demonstrates exemplary leadership abilities through commitment to the strengthening of nursing. To assure health opportunities for everyone, we believe in the appropriate utilization of nurses in health care delivery to promote an equitable distribution of health resources which are accessible, available, acceptable, and affordable: Nurses there by make major contributions to meeting the health needs of the society.