About

Human beings are uniquely created with God-given abilities, capacities, and characteristics.

We believe that the dignity of each human being is to be respected and nurtured, and embracing our diversity respects the uniqueness of each person.

Health and illness are influenced by complex interrelated factors rooted in psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, economic, and environmental factors.

Optimal health does not preclude the existence of illness; health and illness exist on parallel continuums such that even people with chronic or debilitating illness may experience optimal levels of health through adaptation.

Maintaining optimal health and preventing disease depends on collaborative partnerships between patients, families, communities, and teams of interprofessional care providers.

Patients, families, communities, and populations must be supported and encouraged in making health care decisions and in engaging in the adaptive work needed for responding to health or illness challenges as they transition through all levels of the health care system.

Driven by advanced health care technologies within an increasingly complex health care environment, nurses respond to and lead with a systems-based approach.

As compassionate caregivers, nurses participate in life’s most profound events across the lifespan, especially when people are most vulnerable.

“Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations in recognition of the connection of all humanity.” (ANA, 2021, p. 2)

Nursing is a scholarly discipline that integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the leadership role of the professional nurse in the four spheres of care:

• disease prevention/promotion of health and well being including physical and mental health and
• management of minor acute and intermittent care needs of generally healthy patients
• chronic disease management
• regenerative or restorative care
• palliative care through the end of life/hospice

(ANA 2021 & Essential 2021)

Nursing is distinctive among the service vocations in its vision, scope, intimacy, and privileged relationship to patients; and in its concern with creating and using evidence-based knowledge to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes.

Nurses must practice to the full scope of their education and training in environments where laws, ethics, standards of practice, and reimbursement regulations are commensurate with education and experience.

Our Christ-centered, dynamic curriculum is designed to foster:

1. knowledge for nursing practice
2. person-centered care
3. population health
4. scholarship for nursing practice
5. quality and safety
6. interprofessional partnerships
7. systems-based practice
8. information and healthcare technologies
9. professionalism
10. personal, professional, and leadership development

Our programs integrate the liberal arts education to provide a basis for excellence in nursing in an environment of active learning, scholarly inquiry, and evidence-based practice.

Student-centered learning is best achieved within a supportive environment that values diverse beliefs, individual learning styles and experiences.

Nursing faculty and staff facilitate teaching and learning through development, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, student assessment, mentoring and role modeling.