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Offer
the following programs of study:
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The
Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing
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The
Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Services with options
in various
allied health professions
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The
Master of Science degree in Nursing with options in various
specialties
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Certificate
Non-Degree programs in Nursing and Health Science
Life
Long Learning
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Promote education as an intellectual pursuit by blending the liberal
arts, humanities and
science
with study of the health professions
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Create
a dynamic environment that fosters responsibility and ethical
decision-making and
encourages students to positively impact
the future of health care
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Provide
academic programs which offer the opportunity for traditional and
non-traditional
students to
access a seamless articulation
process so that graduates can achieve
professional goals and improve
health care delivery
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Prepare
graduates of the baccalaureate programs for practice in a variety of
settings and for
the pursuit
of post-baccalaureate graduate
study
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Prepare
graduate students to assume advanced practice and leadership roles
based on
teaching and
research
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Create
an environment that encourages graduates to value learning and
inquiry as a life-long process
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Maintain
a faculty with a commitment to educational excellence, clinical
expertise, scholarly activity, professionalism and community service
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Promotes
learning experiences in clinical settings that meet the needs of
under served
populations
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Embrace
a value system which promotes culturally sensitive health care,
incorporates
diversity of
healing strategies, respects the
individual's perception of health and promotes an ethnically diverse
college community and promotes learning experiences in clinical
settings
which meet the needs of
under served populations
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Provide
opportunities for students to assume leadership roles within the
college and the
profession
of nursing and health services
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Emphasize the
teaching of communication skills, critical thinking and professional
practice in a climate
of caring
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Engage in
research which promotes sound clinical practice in nursing and
health science and expands
the theoretical foundations of health
related knowledge