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Purpose Statement

The purpose of Beth-El College is to:

  • Offer the following programs of study:

    • The Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing

    • The Bachelor of Science degree in Health Care Services with options in various allied health professions

    • The Master of Science degree in Nursing with options in various specialties

    • Certificate Non-Degree programs in Nursing and Health Science 
      Life Long Learning


  • Promote education as an intellectual pursuit by blending the liberal arts, humanities and science with study of the health professions

  • Create a dynamic environment that fosters responsibility and ethical decision-making and encourages students to positively impact the future of health care

  • 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

  • Prepare graduates of the baccalaureate programs for practice in a variety of settings and for the pursuit of post-baccalaureate graduate study

  • Prepare graduate students to assume advanced practice and leadership roles based on teaching and research

  • Create an environment that encourages graduates to value learning and inquiry as a life-long process

  • Maintain a faculty with a commitment to educational excellence, clinical expertise, scholarly activity, professionalism and community service

  • Promotes learning experiences in clinical settings that meet the needs of under served populations

  • 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

  • Provide opportunities for students to assume leadership roles within the college and the profession of nursing and health services

  • Emphasize the teaching of communication skills, critical thinking and professional practice in a climate of caring

  • Engage in research which promotes sound clinical practice in nursing and health science and expands the theoretical foundations of health related knowledge

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