NURSING
LEONIE V. SOUBIROU, Chairman In September, 1966, the State Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration granted authority to implement an accredited professional School of Nursing, which was organized as a Department of Nursing, in the Science and Mathe matics Division of the College, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The 5-year curriculum, planned for students with no previous preparation in nurs ing, includes courses in the physical and social sciences, the humanities, Biblical studies, and clinical studies and actual care of the patients in private and public hospitals and in public health agencies. The graduate is eligible to take the Cali fornia State licensing examinations required for certification as a registered nurse; is qualified for any first-level nursing position, including community health nursing; and has a foundation for graduate study. The program for transfer students includes the acceptance of up to twenty-five units of approved credit for a nursing transcript from a terminal school of nursing based on challenging examinations, provided that the applicant (a) has maintained a grade point average of 2.0 or better, (b) holds a California State License as a Registered Nurse, (c) is physically fit and active in nursing, and (d) is eighteen years of age or older (no age limit ). In addition, the student will need thirty-seven units of Nursing, which includes the Lecture only of 301, 302, 401, 402, and the complete course of 404, 405, 407, 408, 410. Also, the transfer student will need to meet all the requirements listed for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The School of Nursing is accredited by the California State Board of Nursing Education and Registration, is a member of the Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs of the Western Council of Higher Education for Nurs ing, and the Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs of the National League for Nursing, and has received reasonable assurance of national accreditation from the National League for Nursing. Philosophy: In accord with the Christian belief of the College, the philosophy of the School of Nursing has at its center the Christian philosophy of the love of God for man in his depravity, man's human dignity, and the recognition of man's spirit ual potential. Nursing is a process involving perception, communication, interpretation, inter vention, cooperation, coordination , and evaluation and requiring a personally and professionally committed nurse whose aim is to assist the individual and his family in achieving the goals of living which they are unable to reach because of stress or illness. Because the Nursing faculty believes that the professional nurse should be concerned with the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health of the individual, the curriculum in nursing education prepares a nurse who is able to give complete patient-centered care and to carry out nursing roles with appropriate depth of knowledge from the behavioral sciences and humanities, as well as related courses in the health disciplines. These courses are selected to increase the student's understanding of human relations, to provide for her cultural and spiritual development, and to increase her knowledge of the scien tific principles underlying professional nursing. 95
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