The curriculum is designed to enable students to think logically, act creatively, and communicate effectively. Nursing intervenes with clients experiencing stressors along the health illness continuum through the levels of prevention. The Faculty believes that the environment is a dynamic system composed of diverse social, cultural, spiritual, and physical elements. These elements influence and are influenced by the interaction of economic, legal, technological, and political forces. Nursing must be responsive to these changes in order to meet health needs.
Illness occurs when the client's adaptive response is unsuccessful.
Nursing anticipates the health needs of clients by actively participating in the promotion of health and the prevention of illness. Nursing responds to changes in health status by intervening to assist the person to regain health, achieve maximum functioning, or die with dignity. The Faculty believes that nursing is the art and the science of assisting clients to meet needs in health and illness and to adapt to stressors throughout the life cycle. The art of nursing is skilled application of that knowledge characterized by humanistic values of caring, cooperation, collaboration, and accountability. The science of nursing is the acquisition of knowledge derived from history, theories, and research.