DBGN Philosophy Our Philosophy Consistent with the statements of philosophy of Eastern Kentucky University and the College of Health Sciences, the faculty of the Department of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing subscribe to the following beliefs about client, environment, health, nursing, professional nursing practice, baccalaureate nursing education, and graduate nursing education. Each client is unique and merits respect, support and dignity. Clients develop and adapt in recognizable phases and patterns. Clients continually seek meaning and purpose. Through participation in life s experiences, clients grow, assume responsibility and develop toward levels of maturity.
Clients are an integration of biological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual spheres.
The environment influences health potential . A health promoting environment facilitates movement toward high level wellness. Society is the human subsystem of environment. Society is an open system and culture is the vehicle by which the system is perpetuated, regulated, and differentiated. Communities serve as subsystems of society in which interaction occurs and the delivery of health care takes place.