Members of society live in settings, both rural and urban, with varying levels of wellness and health care needs. Health refers to an individual level of mental and physical functioning on a wellness-illness continuum, not merely the absence of disease. Health is influenced by developmental stages, by social and cultural factors, by previous experiences and self expectations, and by personal choices about lifestyle and values. We believe access to health care is a human right. Nursing , as a discipline and a practice profession, is at once an art and a science concerned with human response to illness or potential health problems.
Nursing involves caring for and about people.
The goal of nursing is to assist individuals, families, groups, and communities to promote, attain, and maintain health or assure peaceful death through collaboration among clients, professional nurses, and other health care providers. Nurses are accountable to the clients they serve and are responsible for advancing nursing knowledge, critical thinking, theory, research, and lifelong inquiry. Learning is a dynamic internal process through which individuals develop their knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Learning is a lifelong process evidenced by growth and sustained change in behavior. Learners vary in their past experiences, learning patterns, cognitive structures, motivation, interests, and life goals.