Nursing is both a science-based process and a caring art.
The curriculum offers instruction in the sciences with opportunities in the humanities. This approach requires knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to health care that are comprehensive, culturally sensitive, continuous, effective, compassionate, and collaborative. Recognizing the equally important need to prepare nurses to care for ill patients in institutions, the program provides ample opportunities for nursing practice in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and long-term care facilities. The curriculum is capped by courses that enable students to put leadership and management skills into action, and to synthesize the complete role of the professional nurse in a clinical practicum. In addition to completing academic coursework, students must meet the cooperative education requirement, which gives them the opportunity to integrate the theory and practice of nursing in selected settings.