Nursing

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Nursing Program is to provide quality education which is current and responsive to the needs of the community within a nurturing environment that respects the dignity, the autonomy, and the equality of the student. The students will be prepared to be licensed as Registered Nurses.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs)

Upon successful completion of the Associates in Applied Sciences Degree in Nursing, students will:

  1. Use critical thinking skills to apply the nursing process in caring for patients and their families by identifying, developing, implementing evaluating and documenting plan of care, utilizing appropriate technology (COK, COM, CRT, IIT, LWC).
  2. Demonstrate the ability to function effectively in a collaborative multicultural environment utilizing effective interpersonal communications both written and verbal (COK, COM, LWC).
  3. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct in providing safe patient care, specifically: Follows directions consistently and accurately, follows through on all assigned tasks and responsibilities, demonstrates receptiveness to questions, suggestions and feedback, demonstrates punctuality, satisfactory attendance, effective time management and prioritization, demonstrates honesty, integrity, and accountability for all actions, demonstrates respectful positive team behavior, and protects client rights and confidentiality (COK, COM, LWC, RES).
  4. Apply principles of caring and effective communication (COM, LWC, RES).

Five Year Plan

Assessment

2012-13

2013-14

2015-16

2017