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The Department of Nursing offers a baccalaureate program built upon a foundation of science and liberal education that prepares graduates as professional nurses for positions in hospitals and community agencies. All graduates from the program are recommended for certification as public health nurses in the State of California. This program also prepares students for entrance into graduate programs in Nursing.
The program is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing and accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. For further information about the approval status of the program, please contact the Department of Nursing office or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) at the following address: One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036-1120, phone (202) 887-6791.
The nursing curriculum is organized according to the four universal concepts of nursing which include the client, environment, health, and nurse. The client is defined as the individual, the family, groups/aggregates, and the community. Students study health, health problems and human responses that occur as a result of life processes. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process as a systematic method of assisting clients to attain, regain and maintain maximum functional health status. Nursing intervention with clients is based on the use of the nursing process with a focus on the various roles of the nurse including educator, clinician, leader, and researcher.
Baccalaureate Program Objectives
The program objectives are to prepare students for graduation who:
- Value the inherent dignity and worth of the person as a unique humanistic being.
- Use theory and knowledge from the discipline of nursing, the physical and behavioral sciences, and the humanities in providing and evaluating nursing care.
- Utilize communication skills to achieve optimal outcomes with clients of nursing.
- Foster health maintenance, prevention of illness, and promotion of optimal health through principles of teaching and learning.
- Maximize functional health status in clients across the life span. Foster an environment in which the clients, across the lifespan, maximize their strengths, assets, and potentials in their quest for optimal wellness as indicated by maximal functional status.
- Assess continuing learning needs by engaging in self-directed education that is focused toward continued personal and professional growth.
- Demonstrate professional practice by accepting individual responsibility and accountability for nursing interventions and their outcomes within the context of the ethical, political, legal and economic environment.
- Critique and synthesize research for the applicability of its findings to nursing.
- Utilize leadership and management skills through involvement with others in meeting health needs and nursing goals.
- Collaborate with colleagues and others on the interdisciplinary health team to promote the health and well-being of the clients of nursing.
- Function within the novice nurse role (clinician, researcher, educator, leader) to meet the healthcare needs of a changing multicultural society.
- Demonstrate the ability to successfully pass the RN licensure examination (NCLEX).
While there is a single baccalaureate degree program in Nursing, the university offers a RN to BSN program for registered nurses who wish to earn a baccalaureate degree.
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