2. serve all students in Nursing and accept the responsibility for their enhanced professional development in the discipline of nursing. 3. provide a program with a career orientation directed toward serving nursing needs locally, regionally, and nationally. 4. encourage growth in the health care community of Northcentral Pennsylvania. The academic courses of the Nursing Unit combine the unique resources of the College with those of the community. The Nursing Unit bases its curriculum on the faculty s beliefs about nursing, the individual, society, health, and the teaching-learning process.
Nursing is viewed as a learned scientific discipline with both theoretical and practical dimensions.
Each individual is viewed holistically as possessing basic biological, psychological, social, spiritual, and cultural needs. Each individual is characterized by complexity, creativity, and ability to communicate needs and wants. As an open system, each individual is continually interacting with constantly changing internal and external environments. In order to respond positively to these changes, the individual must adapt. Each individual is a member of society.