The program is designed to foster the student's personal and professional growth that is necessary for a committed and compassionate practitioner of nursing capable of providing professional nursing care to people with nursing needs in whatever setting they may be encountered. The goal of the undergraduate program is to prepare the student for the first level of professional nursing practice in keeping with the focus for baccalaureate nursing programs. Fairfield prepares the student for general nursing practice. Throughout the program students are exposed to nursing practice in a variety of clinical, health care delivery settings and systems. The program is designed to provide maximum exposure to nursing.
Faculty members are exceptionally well qualified by both academic and practical preparation.
The small student-faculty ratio is an inherent component of the program, particularly as it relates to clinical practice. In 1994-95, the School of Nursing initiated a Study Abroad opportunity at Harlaxton College, the British campus for the University of Evansville in Indiana. Students choosing this option would take two nursing courses and two liberal arts courses at Harlaxton. Through the community nursing course, students would be able to have clinical experience under a system financed by the National Health Service. Further information is available through the Dean's office.