The MSN degree is an advanced practice degree and prepared the RN to assume a Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist role. Detailed descriptions of nursing and our degrees are located later in this media program. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like additional information. The Nursing Department is located in the Doyne Health Science Center, Suite 107. The profession of nursing is complex and multifaceted.
Nurses practice in many settings and assume a vital role in health care.
The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual to perform activities contributing to his or her health, recovery of health, or to a peaceful death. The nurse assists the individual in those activities that the individual would perform unaided if the person had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. Nursing's focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of health problems created by illness, and on the promotion and maintenance of health. This focus is distinct from medicine's diagnosis and treatment of illness. Nursing has always been directed toward serving the health needs of people.