Nursing - Nyack College

Nursing from Nyack College is a Campus Bachelor Registered Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. Vision and Mission The vision of the School of Nursing is to send Christian nurses into the world to show Christ?s love as they minister to the healthcare needs of hurting people. With this vision, the mission is to educate, encourage, equip, connect, and mobilize Christian nurses to meet the health care needs of global communities. The nursing major is designed to equip students to become general nurses . They will combine nursing skills, knowledge and a service attitude in order to provide compassionate care and advocacy for others. The curriculum also provides students with the background for advanced studies and further professional careers. Program Objectives Graduates of the Nyack College School of Nursing will be equipped to: 1. Affirm Godly living as foundational to Christian nursing practice. a. Practice spiritual disciplines of prayer, faith, scripture reading, and obedience to God. b. Express a willingness to serve others to the glory of God. c. Assert the power of prayer in healing. 2. Value each person as created in the image of God. a. Provide nursing care to diverse populations with sensitivity to cultural variations. b. Advocate for the dignity and worth of the clients they serve and their professional colleagues. c. Considers diverse social, economic, religious, and cultural traditions of individuals, families, and communities in planning for health care needs. 3. Affirm a Christian worldview of health as being in harmony with God. a. Synthesize knowledge from the humanities, biological, social, and nursing sciences to promote health and well being of individuals and communities around the globe. b. Improve the health of individuals and communities through an interdisciplinary approach to health promotion and disease prevention. c. Use evidenced-based nursing therapeutics to provide holistic health care to clients. d. Identify the client?s conception of health and meaningfulness of the illness experience. 4. Understand the reciprocal relationship between the environment and the health of individuals and communities. a. Advocate for healthy environments to improve the health status of communities. b. Facilitate continuity of care across a variety of health care settings. 5. Affirm the nursing practice as an advocacy for those in need. a. Demonstrate excellence in technical skills in the delivery of professional nursing care. b. Recognize social, political, economic, and organizational avenues for influencing positive change in health care policy. c. Provide a compassionate presence to all who suffer. d. Communicate effectively in verbal, nonverbal, and written form. e. Acquire and discriminate between vast amounts of health care information in order to determine the best practice for client care. f. Maintain nursing practices within professional/legal standards, ethical/moral standards, and with sensitivity to the client?s cultural differences. 6. Recognizes service to others as essential to the professional nursing practice. a. Affirm personal transformation resulting from service to others. 7. Develop cultural competence in the delivery of holistic nursing practice. a. Considers the client?s conception of health, illness, and the parameters of nursing care when planning nursing interventions. View more details on Nyack College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Registered Nurse courses.