Nursing B.S. :: Program Goals

Graduates of associate degree nursing programs provide ethical, efficient and effective direct nursing care in a variety of healthcare settings including management of groups of patients with common, often complex healthcare problems.

Nurses engage in patient teaching and the baccalaureate nurse will be additionally skilled at teaching families and community groups with a focus on health promotion and illness prevention. Graduates of the baccalaureate program will also be fully socialized into the role of professional practice and through leadership roles will collaborate, coordinate, design, and direct the care of individuals, families, and communities.

Evidence-based practice is the foundation for all nursing care, and bachelor degree graduates will use basic research skills to engage in nursing research projects and quality improvement initiatives.

The faculty at MSC acknowledges that formal education must meet the legal requirements that identify the duties and obligations of professional nursing practice, therefore, the curriculum for the degree reflects competency standards for nursing practice required not only by statute but also by standards generated by professional accreditation and practice organizations.

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
  • Incorporate health promotion and illness prevention strategies while providing evidenced based nursing care for individuals, groups, families and communities
  • Synthesize knowledge from liberal arts, biological and social sciences with nursing knowledge to provide professional nursing care with global awareness
  • Integrate ethical reasoning to advocate for socially just health care policy for individuals, groups, families, communities and professional nursing practice
  • Incorporate management theory through leadership roles to collaborate, coordinate and direct nursing care and advance nursing practice in diverse health care settings
  • Incorporate emerging technologies to implement and evaluate quality improvement initiatives in evidenced based nursing practice
  • Articulate an appreciation for ongoing personal and professional growth through the development of a personal philosophy of nursing