The curriculum provides a broad educational base in the humanities and in the natural and social sciences. The program encourages self-directed learning, critical thinking, independent action, and professional awareness. The goal is preparation of a nurse who is able to function as a generalist in a variety of health-care settings. The course of study provides a base for graduate work in education, research, clinical specialization, or administration.

Program Outcomes:

• Apply nursing theory and research principles in making evidence-based decisions on nursing practice in relation to the three levels of preventive health nursing care.
• Use nursing process as a means of decision making for refining and extending practice.
• Synthesize the theoretical and empirical knowledge from the natural and behavioral sciences and the humanities with nursing theory in preventive health care.
• Provide nursing activities of education, motivation, advocacy, and assistance to the person in relation to health.
• Demonstrate accountability for decision making related to professional nursing.
• Evaluate research for applicability of its findings to nursing theory and practice.
• Demonstrate leadership skills through interaction with others as a professional nurse.
• Communicate effectively in collaboration with members of the intraprofessional team to enhance the health care delivery system.
• Participate in resolving community and societal health needs through nursing activities.
• Provide comprehensive and individual nursing care based on assessment which includes the person?s socioeconomic status, life style, gender, culture, and personal values and beliefs.
• Use current technologies to enhance nursing practice.