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Student Handbook
Department of Nursing Program Philosophy
The curriculum of the Department of Nursing is derived from the program mission, purpose, objectives and organizing framework. The philosophy describes the faculty’s beliefs concerning the purpose of nursing, the focus of baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, and the expectations for program graduates.
Through cohesion and a team approach, faculty realize the mission of the College and the Department of Nursing.
PHILOSOPHY:
The faculty of the Department of Nursing at the State University of New York College at Brockport believes that:
Education is a lifelong process that fosters the cultural, psychosocial, and
intellectual development of the individual. Faculty fully support the mission of College, recognizing that students bring to the educational setting a diversity of abilities, motivations, experiences, and cultures. Accordingly, opportunities are provided which allow each individual to build on past knowledge and experience and to develop within the educational philosophy of the State University of New York.
Nursing is a profession, science, and art with the primary purpose of facilitating clients’ (individuals, families and communities) ability to retain, attain, and maintain an optimal level of wellness through purposeful interventions. The faculty believe that clients are a composite of physiological, psychological, developmental, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions. Professional nurses utilize the nursing process to manage care of clients throughout the life cycle. Nurses work independently and in collaboration with other health professionals.
Nursing education utilizes knowledge drawn from nursing, the liberal arts, sciences, and humanities. Nursing curricula emphasize the development of concepts and skills that are essential to nursing practice, leadership and research, and foster the development of critical thinking. Students are active, responsible participants in the learning process.
Baccalaureate education serves as the foundation for graduate study and continuing professional and personal growth.
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