The faculty believes that environment is the context in which nursing occurs. Professional nursing carries with it a commitment to care for the environment as well as to provide care within the environment. Understanding simultaneity is critical to the diagnosis and treatment of human experiences and responses. The faculty focuses in a holistic manner on patterns of life events such as birth, health, illness, and death. Professional nursing provides the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and experiences within those events.
Professional nursing involves practices that are preventive, restorative, supportive, and promotive.
The three major roles of professional nurses are provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession differentiated at various academic levels. Evolving professional roles are acknowledged and fostered. The baccalaureate degree in nursing is the entry level for professional nursing practice. Nursing education at the master's level is the appropriate preparation for advanced nursing practice. Doctoral nursing education prepares nurses as researchers, scholars, and visionaries.