Mission of the Department of Nursing

The mission of the Department of Nursing emerges from the challenge to meet the manpower needs for quality health care locally, nationally and globally. The role and scope of the Department of Nursing are reflected in the characteristics of selected learning environments and their ability to enhance individual productivity in a changing society. The Department of Nursing provides an essential service to improve the quality of life for all people through quality educational programs, research and scholarly endeavors, and community service.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES (TERMINAL)

The Nursing Department prepares ethnic and culturally diverse BSN graduates to function as beginning professional nurses who are able to:

1. Synthesize theoretical and empirical knowledge from the liberal arts and nursing sciences to promote precise decision making and culturally competent care.

2. Utilize the nursing process within the context of therapeutic interventions to promote adaptation to changing client environments.

3. Integrate leadership and communication skills, including informatics into the management of patient care.

4. Demonstrate a commitment to community service.

5. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary health team to improve the health care delivery system for all population groups.

6. Accept responsibility for engaging in continuous learning.

7. Utilize the research process and its findings in the practice of professional nursing.

8. Demonstrate accountability for own professional behavior.