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The Department of Nursing offers a quality nursing education to undergraduate and graduate nursing students, giving them clinical decision-making skills based on theory and research.

The mission of the Department of Nursing is to offer quality nursing education to undergraduate and graduate nursing students. This education prepares nurses by giving them clinical decision making skills based on theory and research. As life-long learners, graduates are prepared to deliver quality health care for increasingly diverse populations.

California State University, Fresno offers comprehensive programs that lead to the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in a wide variety of fields of study. A strong general education component in the undergraduate programs fosters the importance of lifelong learning. The master’s programs are designed to provide specialized study in selected advanced practice fields. The University’s special commitment to the San Joaquin Valley is to prepare students for industries and professions serving the community. To achieve the mission, California State University, Fresno supports applied research and public service programs as a means to enhance faculty development and instruction, especially those which contribute to the intellectual, social, cultural, and economic vitality of the San Joaquin Valley and California.

The Department of Nursing offers a four- year baccalaureate nursing program which is fully accredited by the California State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Once students are admitted to the major, the program consists of six semesters. Students are eligible to take the state licensing exam after successful completion of required nursing major courses.

The baccalaureate degree in nursing has been identified by the major professional nursing groups as entry level into the practice of professional nursing. Unlike diploma and two-year nursing programs, the bachelor of science degree in nursing is built upon a base of study in the liberal arts with clinical experience concentrated in the upper level of study.

The advantages of the BS in Nursing include:

receiving more in-depth knowledge of biological and social sciences; a higher level of reading, writing and mathematical skills; preparation for leadership roles; courses stressing preventive and rehabilitative health counseling and education (nutrition, medications, discharge planning),as well as acute and long-term care, supervisory roles; the degree can be used as a stepping stone to a master's degree and a role as a teacher, clinical specialist, nursing practitioner, administrator or researcher.

Humboldt Nursing graduates are also eligible to apply for Holistic Nursing Certification and Public Health Nurse Certification.

Samuel Merritt College offers degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level in five academic disciplines: Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy and Podiatric Medicine.

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Samuel Merritt College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). WASC is located at 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100 Alameda, CA 94501 and can be contacted by phone at (510) 748-9001.

The Division of Nursing is committed to providing quality undergraduate and graduate programs in nursing. Thus the Division of Nursing offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, a School Nurse Health Services credential, and a Master's of Science in Nursing. Course offerings evolve from a philosophical belief that nurses function to assist health care consumers to achieve positive adaptive responses which lead to optimal wellness levels. The professional nurse thinks critically and uses the problem-solving process in identifying health needs or problems, planning and implementing nursing care, and evaluating the effects of nursing intervention.

The curriculum of the Division is organized around the concept of reciprocal adaptation and the theories which relate to the changing needs of the individual, family, group, and community. The faculty believes that each person is a unique, valued being who possesses intellectual, physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs. The individual and the environment are in a continuous reciprocal process of change and adaptation. The nurse uses caring behaviors and the science of nursing to facilitate positive adaptive responses in human beings by mobilizing human and environmental resources to promote healing, maintain well-being, prevent illness, and promote health.

The nurse views the health care consumer holistically, using nursing science, and knowledge from the arts and sciences in a uniquely dynamic, interpersonal manner to maximize the adaptation of health care recipients in a variety of settings. The professional nurse possesses the ability to address the changing health needs of society in a manner consistent with scientific advancement, trends in health care delivery systems, and emerging legislation.

Purposes of the Undergraduate Program

 

1. To provide a program of study which leads to a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing.

2. To prepare a generalist in nursing practice to meet the health care needs of the community.

3 To provide a student with a base for graduate study.

Undergraduate Program Objectives

The program provides the learner with:

1. A knowledge base from the physical, behavioral sciences, and humanities.

2. Knowledge of developing theories and practices of nursing within an organizing framework of reciprocal adaptation.

3. Opportunities which prepare for a professional role in society.

4. Opportunities to utilize the nursing process with individuals and groups in a variety of settings for the purposes of evaluating current health care practices and testing new approaches.

5. Opportunities to function in a leadership role with the consumer and members of other disciplines.

6. A stimulus for continued personal and professional development.

Purposes of the Graduate Program

1. Prepare nurses for a role in nursing administration, nursing education or as a family nurse practitioner.

2. Prepare nurses with advanced practice knowledge and skills.

3. Provide an opportunity for systematic study in professional nursing practice.

4. Prepare nurses for a leadership role in nursing.

5. Prepare graduate for application to doctoral study.

Graduate Program Objectives

The program provides the learner with:

1. Advanced knowledge of nursing science and nursing theory as a basis for role development in nursing practice.

2. Advanced skills in a specialized area of clinical nursing practice.

3. Knowledge and skills necessary to perform a specific leadership role in nursing.

4. Competence in the use of the scientific method for the purpose of improving health care.

5. A foundation for doctoral study.

Nursing is a health care profession which systematically assists patients/clients to achieve health or health-related goals. The focus of nursing has moved away from a disease-oriented to a health promotion system of care and nurses provide health care for individuals, families and communities. It is our belief that students, endowed with the capacity for self-direction, are responsible for their own learning and self-development.

Cal State LA presently offer a B.S. degree for basic (pre-licensure) and transfer RN students, an M.S. degree for accelerated RNs without a B.S. degree, RNs with a non-nursing B.S. degree and non-RNs with a B.S. or higher degree (ELMN), and a Health Services Credential for School Nurses. Advanced practice options offered in the graduate program include: Nursing Education, Nursing Administration, Psychiatric/Mental Health CNS, Nursing Case Management and four Nurse Practitioner options: primary and acute adult, primary and acute pediatric, family and psychiatric/mental health.

We have a total enrollment of over 300 baccalaureate students and approximately 100 graduate students. There are 20 full-time faculty and additional part-time faculty prepared in various clinical specialties.

The CSU Chico School of Nursing offers programs leading to the bachelor's and master's degrees. There is a great potential for nursing in the rapidly changing health care system, and the nursing faculty is committed to the preparation of graduates who will be leaders of the future.

CSU, Chico baccalaureate graduates are prepared to be the future leaders in nursing and are well regarded in the nursing community. In addition to basic RN education, CSU, Chico has included RN-BSN education since the School of Nursing began in 1954.

The current RN-BSN pattern accentuates flexibility and convenience for the working nurse, including nurses in distant communities. This has occurred as a result of rapid advances in computer technology and online course capability.

Applicants who hold LVN licenses may qualify for advanced placement admission to nursing. LVNs may choose an LVN-BSN track or the LVN 30-unit option, which meets the requirements for taking the RN licensing examination in California but does not lead to a BSN degree.

The master's degree program at California State University, Chico has been in existence since 1970 and is accredited by the National League for Nurses. Our graduates currently function in influential health advisory positions at the state level, as nursing faculty in programs throughout California, as administrators in many types of health organizations, and as expert clinicians and managers.

Brief history
The School of Nursing, established in 1905, was the first in a group of schools that in 1961 became Loma Linda University. In 1949 the School of Nursing became a college-based program granting the baccalaureate degree. In 1970 the associate in science degree program was started as an integral part of the School. The first master's degrees in nursing were granted in 1957.

Accreditation
The School of Nursing received its first accreditation by the National League for Nursing (NLN) in 1951; and currently the NLN accredits the bachelor of science and master of science degree programs. The most recent NLN accreditation was in 1999. The School has California Board of Registered Nursing approval from 2003 to 2008. The School of Nursing is currently accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education until 2009.

Mission statement
The mission of the School of Nursing, in accord with the comprehensive mission of Loma Linda University, is the education of professional nurses who are dedicated to excellence in nursing science. Individuals from diverse ethnic, cultural, and racial backgrounds are encouraged to embrace opportunities for lifelong growth and satisfaction from a career committed to health care. Baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs contribute to the development of expert clinicians, educators, administrators and researchers who benefit society by providing and improving delivery of whole-person care to clients -- individuals, families, groups, and communities. Committed to Christian service and distinctive Seventh-day Adventist ideals, the school seeks to reflect God's love through its teaching and healing ministry.

Our students
Our primary responsibility is the education of students, who come from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, enabling them to acquire the foundation of knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and behaviors appropriate for their chosen academic or health-care ministry. We nurture their intellectual curiosity. We facilitate their development into active, independent learners. We provide continuing educational opportunities for our alumni and professional peers. We encourage a personal Christian faith that permeates the lives of those we educate.

Our faculty, staff, and administration
We respect our faculty, staff, and administration who through education, research, and service create a stimulating learning environment for our students. They contribute to the development of new understandings in their chosen fields. They demonstrate both Christian values and competence in their scholarship and professions.

Our patients and others we serve
We provide humanitarian service through people, programs, and facilities. We promote healthful living and respond to the therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of people. We seek to enhance the quality of life for individuals in local, regional, national, and world communities.

School's philosophy
In harmony with Loma Linda University and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the School of Nursing believes that the aim of education and health care is the development of wholeness in those served. Individuals, created to reflect the wholeness of God's character, have been impaired by the entrance of sin, disease, and death. God's purpose is the restoration of each person to the original state at Creation. God works through human agencies to make individuals whole.

Nursing functions are to assist individuals and societal groups to attain their highest potential of wholeness. Through a variety of roles, nurses put into practice a body of knowledge and a repertoire of skills to assist the human system with health problems. The School of Nursing provides an environment in which the student and faculty may grow in professional competence and Christian grace.

In support of the philosophy, mission, and values of Loma Linda University and the philosophy, mission and values of the School of Nursing, the faculty affirms the following beliefs:

• Learning is an interactive process which involves all of the learner's faculties.
• A learning environment nurtures the development of potential, promotes the maturation of values, cultivates the ability to think critically and independently, and encourages the spirit of inquiry.
• Clinical experiences are essential to the development of professional and technical nursing competence.
• Students influenced by the effect of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual variables on their lives learn in different ways, and bring different meanings to the learning experience.
• Students participate in development of the science and practice of nursing.

California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) is located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley approximately 110 miles north of Los Angeles. It is the only four year institution within a 100 mile radius, is located in the city of Bakersfield, a commercial, medical and educational center for the region with a regional population of 750,000, including the city and the unincorporated areas. Thirty buildings provide classroom, laboratory, administrative and technical support facilities. Enrollment is approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students served by a faculty of nearly 300.

The University is organized into four schools: Natural Sciences, Mathematics (NSM); Humanities and Social Sciences, Business and Public Administration, and Education. The Department of Nursing is one of seven departments in the School of NSM.

The Department of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and a Master of Science in Nursing degree. The Department also offers a post-baccalaureate school health services credential program and a post master’s family nurse practitioner certificate program.

CSUB received a 10-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges following a site visit in October 1999. The undergraduate program and the Family Nurse practitioner option in the graduate program received five years continuing approval by the California State Board of Registered Nursing in 1998. Both the undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and the School Nursing program is approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Courses designed to assist Registered Nurses to complete the requirements of the baccalaureate degree are taught at the Bakersfield campus and at two distant community colleges: College of the Sequoias in Visalia (85 miles north of Bakersfield) and Antelope Valley in Lancaster (90 miles east of Bakersfield).

We educate professional nurses at the Baccalaureate level to practice in collaborative or leadership roles in hospitals, clinics and community health care agencies, and at the Masters degree level, students are prepared for advanced practice roles such as, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse educators, nurse executives and leaders in public health nursing.

The Department of Nursing is nationally and internationally recognized for its excellence in nursing education and quality of its faculty. Our Baccalaureate and Masters degree Programs have been awarded full national accreditation by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and state accreditation by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

The profession of nursing is more than merely caring for the sick. It has to do with understanding the physical, mental and emotional health of the individual. But having a heart of caring and compassion does help. Whether it’s caring for elderly, the injured or the terminally ill, nurses display Christ-like compassion on an everyday basis. If you have a desire to care as He cared, PLNU’s School of Nursing, which is highly respected in San Diego and around the world, is the place for you. It seeks to prepare its students as responsible, competent professionals committed to leadership based on the Wesleyan tradition.

Overview

PLNU’s nursing program has a 32 year history in the San Diego community. The Nursing Program is six semesters of nursing curriculum and students apply to the program upon successful completion of prerequisite courses. Consideration for the nursing major is based on cumulative GPA, GPA at Point Loma, letters of recommendation, strength of application and writing ability.

Following selection by the School of Nursing, students must satisfy minimal standards for physical and emotional health required by a nursing professional. These include a physical examination by a healthcare provider and per agreement with the San Diego Nursing Service Consortium and affiliated hospitals, a background check and drug screening will be required prior to your first clinical experience.

Once enrolled you will learn about caring for the individual – infant , child and adult – in a variety of contexts. You will also experience hands-on learning in a myriad of community and clinical settings.

Special Features:

• Participation in accredited program that allows eligible students to take NCLEX-RN licensure exam.
• Opportunity to enroll in Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) program.
• Numerous scholarships available to students.
• Participation in the Health Promotion Center located at Church of the Nazarene MidCity.
• Opportunity to join Sigma Theta Tau International honor society.
• Required clinical practicum that gives students real-life experience with licensed professionals in a hospital or community setting.