哲学 & 组织框架

哲学

The faculty of the Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of 护理 hold certain values about 护理和教育过程. 这些价值观构成了学习的框架 activities move in a logical progression throughout the curriculum and are based on 以下概念:

A 客户端 is a unique holistic individual with worth, rights, and responsibilities. 所有客户有需要. Fulfillment of these needs occurs within the context of their culture 以及对生活经历的反应.

健康 is a dynamic state that encompasses the holistic 客户端. 健康结果客户端's response to changes in the internal and external environments. 健康发生沿着健康/疾病连续体 and is influenced by personal and cultural values.

环境 is the conditions or influences within which the 客户端 exists. 内部刺激 internal and external environment are constantly interacting and affecting the individual, family, and community’s position on the wellness/illness continuum.

护理, as an art and science, is a dynamic profession with an evolving body of knowledge that is supported by research within the profession as well as from principles and 其他学科的理论. 护理 focuses on assisting 客户端s to meet needs 沿着健康/疾病连续体. 护士运用护理流程进行提升， maintenance, and restoration of health in culturally diverse 客户端s throughout their 寿命. Changes in the current healthcare environment reflect an increased complexity in 客户端 needs and delivery systems and, thus, necessitate various levels of nursing 教育的准备.

护理教育 is the means by which students learn to practice nursing and is best provided in an 高等院校. Learning is a lifelong activity that is purposeful 并受到个人需求的驱使. An environment of learning is provided for students and conveys the complex components of the nursing profession: the caring, the art, 还有专业的科学. 护理教育的不同层次包括: but are not limited to, practical nursing, associate 学位护理, and baccalaureate 学位护理. Each type of nursing education program provides a unique and valuable 对保健的贡献.

学士学位护理 education is based upon a liberal arts and science foundation and forms the basis for the practice of professional nursing. 学士学位护理 education occurs in a facilitated learner-centered environment that considers the 学生的独特需求. The baccalaureate curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, research and evidence-based practice, communication, leadership and management, health promotion, and professional role development and provides the student with a foundation 研究生学习.

学士学位护理 utilizes evidence-based practice to provide care to culturally diverse individuals, families, populations, and communities across a variety of settings. 学士学位护理 practice integrates knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes essential for performing the interrelated roles of provider of care, designer, manager, and coordinator of care, and member of a profession. 准备毕业的护士 possesses the professional values, core competencies, and core knowledge identified by the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional 护理 Practice (American 护理学院协会，2008年).

组织框架

学士学位的要点 Education for Professional 护理 Practice (2008) was used to structure and organize the nursing curriculum. 学士学位的要点 Education is implemented throughout the curriculum using the concepts of critical thinking, research (Scholarship of Evidence-Based Practice), communication (Interprofessional 沟通 and Collaboration; Information Management), leadership and management (Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership; 健康 Policy), health promotion (Clinical Prevention and Population 健康) and professional development (Professionalism and 专业的值).

批判性思维 “includes questioning, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, inferences, inductive and deductive reasoning, intuition, application and creativity” (AACN, White Paper on the Education and Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader, 2007).

研究 is the scholarly inquiry, which culminates in evidence-based practice.

沟通 is a “complex, ongoing, and interactive process which forms the basis for interpersonal 关系”(AACN, 2007).

领导与管理 是重叠的概念吗. Leadership is a process of influencing people to accomplish 目标 whereas management relates to resource coordination and integration to achieve 目标.

健康促进 is the science and art of supporting positive health practices to maximize the quality 的生活.

专业发展 is a process 的生活-long learning that enables the nurse to function in the roles of provider of care designer/manager/coordinator of care and member of a profession.

Core competencies, derived from the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional 护理 Practice and the SON Program philosophy, are operationalized to determine student learning, course, and program outcomes and are used by faculty to facilitate 这些成果的学生成绩. The Competency Outcomes and Performance Assessment Model (COPA) is used to assess student achievement of outcomes. COPA模型强调 practice-based outcomes, practice-focus learning, and structured, objective assessment 绩效能力.