Philosophy of the Department of Nursing and Graduate Studies Program Consistent with the philosophy of Fort Hays State University, the Department of Nursing faculty provide appropriate educational opportunities for those enrolled as nursing students. Shared beliefs about the nature of humans, environment, health, learning, professional nursing, nursing education, and advanced professional practice form the infrastructure of the master's program. A human is a Department of Nursing Philosophy synergistic blend of body, mind, and spirit, whose genetic potential provides a basis for dynamic interaction with life experiences. Certain phenomena about humans are closely related and are categorized as biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual. The human is inherently valuable and has the potential to make free choices, develop self-awareness, and express self in work, love, and play.
Humans continually influence the environment and are influenced by it.
The environment is an aggregate of conditions, internal and external, to the human. Within the external environment, society evolves through the interaction of social and political forces. There is interaction between societal influences and individual values concerning health care delivery. Internal and external environments may enhance or disrupt the human's health status. Health is a dynamic, multi-dimensional state of being in which the potential of a human is realized.