Nursing is a caring, humanistic, learned, and scientific profession.
It is a nurturing, protective profession which ultimately empowers people to make their own choices. The goals of nursing are the promotion and maintenance of health and the restoration of health when illness strikes. Nursing is an interpersonal process which requires as its foundation effective communication skills. The intellectual skills necessary for nursing practice are clinical and creative thinking, problem solving, and decision making. The curricula currently offered by the School provide opportunities for the undergraduate student and the registered nurse to pursue a variety of educational goals.