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蹤獲扦 the School of Nursing and Health Sciences<\/h1>\n

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Mission<\/h2>\n

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

Vision<\/h2>\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

Philosophy of Nursing<\/h2>\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

Persons<\/h3>\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

Health<\/h3>\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

Environment<\/h3>\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

Community<\/h3>\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

Professional Nursing<\/h3>\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

Program Goals<\/h2>\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