MISSION AND VISION Mission:
provide holistic care and the development of environments that assist in the maintenance and restoration of health for individuals, families, and communities. Nurses seek to provide holistic care that promotes and restores health. Nurses work both independently and in collaboration with consumers of health care, members of the healthcare team, and other individuals and organizations that are concerned with health to provide the highest quality, safe, evidence- based, and most cost-effective care. Nursing shares, along with other health professionals, the goals of promotion and maintenance of health, prevention of illness and disability throughout the life cycle. Nursing recognizes that optimal health care balances scientific knowledge and technology, patient preferences, and effective resource utilization. Values of the Discipline: Nurses are committed to the belief that each person is unique and has a right to the highest quality, safe, evidence-based, and effective healthcare. Professional nurses use clinical decision-making that is based on multiple ways of knowing; personal, empiric, ethical, aesthetic, and emancipatory.
The BSN Program at Hodges University develops knowledgeable, caring, and principled nurses with a commitment to excellence. Vision: The BSN program at Hodges University will be recognized for excellence in nursing education and nurse placement as it broadens its relationships with healthcare providers across the five-county region. Philosophy: A philosophy of nursing contains three essential elements: beliefs about the central phenomena of the discipline, mechanisms by which phenomena can be known or addressed, and values of the discipline. Taken together these three elements guide the education and practice of the faculty and students of the nursing program. Beliefs about the Central Phenomena of the Discipline: Humans are viewed as holistic beings that engage in a dynamic interaction with biological, psychological, sociological, spiritual, and environmental factors. Humans’ health exists on a continuum of wellness and in a larger context of family, community, society, and environment. The role of nursing is to
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