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Philosophy
The College of Nursing philosophy expresses the beliefs of the faculty regarding the metaparadigm of nursing and nursing education. (See the online College of Nursing Advising Handbook for the complete description of the conceptual framework.)
Person
The faculty believes that a person is a unique being who possess innate dignity and worth with the right to self determination. Persons live as individuals, and as members of families, communities, and national and global societies.
Environment
The environment is the multiple systems in which persons interact and include personal, physical, family, community, societal, economic, cultural, and political systems. Persons influence and are influenced by their environments.
Health
Health is a dynamic state of well-being that interacts with personal factors and the environment. It is perceived in the context of a multi-system environment.
Nursing
Nursing is both a discipline and a profession. The focus of the discipline is the generation of knowledge related to persons and their environments for the purpose of maximizing the well-being of individuals, families, communities, and society through health promotion, restoration, and maintenance. The focus of the profession is the care of individuals, groups and communities through application of discipline-specific and discipline-related knowledge. Nurses contribute individually, and collaboratively with other professionals, to promote positive health outcomes. Nurses apply a professional code of ethics and professional guidelines to clinical practice and demonstrate compassion, advocacy, and cultural sensitivity.
Nursing Education
The education of nurses is a process by which the knowledge, skills, values, and culture of nursing are transmitted to the learner. The faculty believes that professional nursing education is accomplished in a university setting and in an environment where nursing education, practice, and research are integrated. Nursing education is built upon knowledge from the sciences, arts, and humanities so students understand and value the human experience and its relationship to health. Nursing faculty foster student growth by providing learning experiences in a variety of healthcare settings so students can understand the complexity of health care and learn the nursing role. The education of nurses is an interactive process whereby students are actively engaged learners who take responsibility for their education and practice. The curricula of the College of Nursing are designed to: 1) produce nurses who are competent practitioners, who demonstrate caring behaviors, who are life-long learners that value scholarship, and are leaders in the profession, and 2) produce scholars who contribute to the scientific basis of nursing practice, and positively influence the profession and the health care system.
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