{"id":54862,"date":"2019-05-31T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/?page_id=54862"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:56:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/academics\/colleges-and-schools\/school-of-nursing-and-health-sciences\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"蹤獲扦 the School of Nursing and Health Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mission of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences is to prepare health professionals for lives of significance and service through baccalaureate and graduate education within the Christian tradition.<\/p>\n
Our vision is the creation and maintenance of a culture of excellence in nursing and the health sciences grounded in the compassion of Christ.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1559331593585{background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1559331838197{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
The philosophy of nursing of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences builds on the mission and vision statements of 蹤獲扦. Our beliefs about persons, health, environment, community and nursing are based on a Christian perspective that is rooted in a Trinitarian understanding of God.<\/p>\n
We believe that all persons are of intrinsic worth because they are created in the image of God and valued equally by God. Their worth is confirmed in the love and redemptive work of Jesus Christ; the work of the Holy Spirit enables persons to come to the full realization of their created worth and restored humanity. Dignity is conferred on the human being by virtue of being created after the image and likeness of God and by virtue of being the only creature destined for fellowship and communion with God. We cannot add to this intrinsic dignity and value, but acts of caring can confirm that dignity and value. Acts perceived as uncaring can diminish one\u2019s self-perception of dignity and value.<\/p>\n
We believe that each person is a unity of body-mind-soul-spirit. Each person is an individual and a relational being who achieves identity in communion and community with others. Our Christian perspective emphasizes the spirituality and uniqueness of each person.<\/p>\n
We believe that health is the lived experience of harmony among life\u2019s four basic relationships: self, community, environment, and God. To be healthy is to be whole, to experience one\u2019s journey toward wholeness, and perceive oneself as whole physically, mentally, and spiritually. One may feel whole even while suffering.<\/p>\n
Health is experienced by individuals, families, and communities. Health effects and is affected by changes in society, community, and the natural environment.<\/p>\n
We believe that environment is multidimensional. It includes the natural environment, created by God, and humanly constructed local, national and global communities.<\/p>\n
We believe that the natural environment is a dynamic order that God sees as good.\u00a0 Human beings have a responsibility to preserve and protect the natural environment to promote the health of all forms of life.<\/p>\n
We believe that persons, as relational beings, live in communion with others in the context of multiple communities. This includes faith communities, which have a unique role in promoting wholeness and health of persons, families and communities through congregational life and intentional ministries of health.<\/p>\n
Communities provide a dynamic multidimensional context within which persons experience life and learn to understand and experience health and illness.<\/p>\n
This context provides the cultural framework and the resources with which persons: (1) develop and maintain values and belief systems, (2) mature physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually, and (3) relate to others both insi<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>de and outside their community.<\/p>\n We believe that professional nursing, as one of the health professions, serves a unique, specialized and essential function for society. The professional nurse participates in health-promoting and health-restoring activities, provides evidence-based care, and collaborates with other health professionals in evaluating nursing practice. Nursing leaders and researchers work with others for the advancement of the profession and of health care for all persons.<\/p>\n We believe that the essence of nursing is a caring relationship with others that requires professional competence, compassion, and a trusting relationship in which the dignity and worth of the other are confirmed. We believe the caring relationship is motivated and empowered by God\u2019s love for all persons. Its model is the love, compassion, and lifework of Christ, and is a response to Christ\u2019s commandment to love one another as exemplified by the Good Samaritan. In this caring relationship, the nurse is truly present with others in their experiences of health and illness, joy and suffering. This experience of caring communion leads to mutual confirmation of dignity and worth.<\/p>\n This philosophy serves as the foundation for nursing education at 蹤獲扦.\u00a0 It is operationalized in the fulfillment of the unique values of the university: Christian, city-centered and intercultural.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1559331593585{background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1741276222887{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n The School of Nursing prepares future leaders in nursing practice through the education of nurse generalists and of nurse leaders, managers, and practitioners. Program goals define our graduates and clearly differentiate among programs.<\/p>\n The Direct Entry MSN (DEMSN) track prepares graduates as master-level nurse generalists whose practice is evidence-based and client-centered.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n The leadership and management (L&M) track prepares graduates for roles in leadership and management at the macro level.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1559331593585{background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637599752263{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n Upon completion of the baccalaureate nursing program graduates will be able to:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646942868477{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n Upon completion of either a master\u2019s or post-master\u2019s nursing program options, the graduate will be able to:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 \u00a0 Integrate core scientific and ethical principles, advanced nursing knowledge, professional values, and clinical excellence in master’s level nursing practice that reflects the Christian principles of the philosophy of the School of Nursing. Upon completion of the DNP program, the graduate will be able to:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Integrate science-based theories and concepts with ethical principles in the development, delivery, and evaluation of practice approaches that improve outcomes and reflect the Christian principles of the philosophy of the School of Nursing. Read more about 蹤獲扦’s program development and community partnerships to increase accessibility to health care in the 2022 Principles for Community Health Care Report<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1657735488227{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1657735499307{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″ disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1559331593585{background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637684518046{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\nProfessional Nursing<\/h3>\n
Program Goals<\/h2>\n
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Student Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n
Baccalaureate Program Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n
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Master\u2019s or Post-master’s Program Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apply leadership skills in the design, coordination, delivery, and evaluation of safe and high quality patient care.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plan quality improvement initiatives to improve health outcomes.
\n4.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Apply evidence-based approaches to guide master’s level nursing practice.
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use information systems and technology to support practice.
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advocate for policies to improve the health of the public and the profession of nursing.
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrate effective communication with interprofessional partners to improve the health of individuals and populations.
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plan, deliver, and evaluate effective, culturally-responsive care to improve individual and population-based health outcomes with intentional emphasis on urban environments.
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Design strategies for life-long learning that incorporate professional nursing standards and accountability for practice.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646936325714{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\nDNP Program Outcomes<\/h3>\n
\n2. Utilize knowledge of organizations and systems together with leadership skills to improve health outcomes and ensure patient safety.
\n3. Provide leadership for the translation of research into practice.
\n4. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of information systems\/technology resources to implement quality improvement initiatives and to support practice and administrative decision-making.
\n5. Demonstrate leadership in the development and implementation of health policy at various levels.
\n6. Employ leadership skills with interprofessional teams to improve patient and population health outcomes.
\n7. Engage in leadership to operationalize evidence-based clinical prevention and population health services for individuals, aggregates, and populations.
\n8. Demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based approaches to improve patient outcomes.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1559331593585{background-color: #f1f1f1 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1657735764433{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]<\/p>\n2022 Principles for Community Health Care Report<\/h2>\n
2021 Principles for Community Health Care Report<\/h4>\n