2. master students, prepared for advanced professional nursing practice, demonstrate critical thinking in the provision of ethical and holistic specialized health care to individuals, families, and communities. 4. faculty provide for the advancement of the educational program and the profession of nursing through excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, and creative work. The philosophy of the College of Nursing reflects the beliefs of the faculty and provides the foundation for curriculum in the nursing programs. This philosophy complements the mission of the College of Nursing, Valdosta State University, and the University System of Georgia. The faculty believes that persons, environment, health, and nursing are interrelated constructs that form the framework of knowledge that is professional nursing.
Persons are unique, dynamic, holistic entities who have the capacity for unlimited growth.
Each person has the potential to think, feel, reason, interact and make decisions. Each has the right to autonomy including making decisions affecting health. Individual needs, values, beliefs and culture influence perceptions of reality. Persons have the potential for rational, healthy, and intelligent relationships. People, individually and as members of families and communities, are major foci of nursing.