72 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Nursing
which the socialization process is advanced. We believe caring is the essence of nurs ing. The focus of nursing activity is the three human interactional systems and the dynamic interaction between them within the context of their environment. These three systems (intrapersonal, interpersonal and community) are also constantly inter acting with internal and external stressors which may affect the integrity of the sys tems. It is our view that the purpose of nursing is to support and promote adaptive processes that facilitate the system's ability to achieve and maintain adaptive equilibri um. This is accomplished through use of the nursing process which is ongoing and involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating. Nursing is a dynamic profession based on a growing body of scientific knowledge. Behavioral, biological, and physical sci ences have been fundamental to the devel opment of nursing's own unique body of knowledge. Nursing is both art and sci ence; its uniqueness does not reside in any specific component of theory or action, but can be found only in the whole. As one of the major health care profes sions, we believe nursing is accountable to society for provision of quality health care services. Nursing endeavors to meet this responsibility through: 1. independent practice; 2. collaborative activities with clients and other health care professionals; and 3. involvement in research to improve clinical practice and further the develop ment of nursing science. In a rapidly changing world, adequate and equitable delivery of health care is a critical problem. We believe that equal ac cess to health care services is the right of every individual in society. Through its unique contribution, nursing can and must be an effective social force in promoting the quality and availability of health care ser vices. To effect positive changes nurses must be involved in all aspects of the health care delivery system, including the legisla tive process, manpower planning and com munity organizations. We believe initial preparation of the pro fessional nurse to meet these needs of soci ety is best accomplished through the learn ing acquired in baccalaureate education. As nurse educators it is our responsibility to provide an environment which facilitates this learning and prepares the graduate for advanced professional education. Consistent with our belief about the na-
490 Senior Recital (2) Preparation for senior level performance major (60-minute recital). Credit/no credit course. ENSEMBLES 001 Biota Chorale ( 1) Performance of standard choral litera ture representing a variety of styles and pe riods. Membership by audition. 002 Chamber Music Ensemble (1) Encompasses a wide variety of chamber grouping and chamber music literature. The following ensemble combinations are com monly organized under this heading: brass quintet, woodwind quintet, flute ensemble, string quartet, percussion ensemble, piano chamber ensembles. Open to keyboard and other instrumental students by audition . 003 Chamber Orchestra (1) Performance of standard chamber music literature encompassing a wide variety of styles and periods. Membership by audition. 004 University Singers (1) Performance of traditional and contempo rary Gospel music. Membership by audition. 006 La Mirada Symphony ( 1) Open by audition to string, woodwind, brass and percussion performers. Performance of standard orchestral literature. 007 Stage Band Workshop (1) To provide music education majors and other interested students experience in jazz techniques and literature. A large volume and wide variety of literature is played, dis cussed and evaluated as to its prospective use at the various levels of secondary and collegiate education. At least one public performance per semester is scheduled. Membership by audition. 008 Symphonic Winds ( 1) Performance of standard wind ensemble literature. For advanced wind and percus sion players. Membership by audition. 009 Handbell Choir (1) Performance of a wide spectrum of hand bell literature as separate ensemble and in conjunction with other instrumental and vocal ensembles. Membership by audition.
Chair: Rebekah Fleeger, Ph.D.
FACULTY Associate Professors: Fleeger, Gewe, Guilbert, Scharping.Westcott (Associate Chair) Assistant Professors: Caltabiano, Murphy Instructor: Ewert OBJECTIVES Biola University offers a Bachelor of Science degree program in nursing which is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing and the National League for Nursing. The program is designed to prepare graduates for a career in profession al nursing. The generic student may select a four or five year option. The Nursing Department should be consulted for these options. Graduates of licensed vocational, diploma and associate degree nursing pro grams may be admitted as transfer students and evaluated individually. Policies are avail able from the Nursing Department. Clinical nursing experiences are provided with the cooperation of hospitals and agen cies throughout both Los Angeles and Orange Counties. In compliance with State Board regulations, the candidate will be eligi ble to take the examination required by the Board of Registered Nursing for licensure as a registered nurse. Upon graduation, appli cation can be made for certification as a pub lic health nurse. Both acceptance to and continuation in the nursing major will be de termined by the student's preparation, per formance and personal qualities, as assessed by the faculty of the Department of Nursing. Philosophy The philosophy of the Department of Nursing is in agreement with that of the University. As such, we believe nursing is concerned with the individual's total being. Each individual is a synergistic being, an in tegrated whole, uniquely created in God's image with inherent dignity and worth. The entry of sin into the world has placed a constraint on the individual's wholeness which can only be remedied by the power and love of God through faith in Jesus Christ. God has created each individual as a dynamic being endowed with a capacity for growth and with the right to make deci sions which influence this wholeness. Each individual, created as a social being, requires social interaction to achieve and main tain wholeness. The family within the context of its culture is the fundamental unit through
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