Goals

At the completion of Union College's nursing program, the student will:

• use Christian values as a foundation to provide caring service in reaching out to our local and global community as an example of servant leadership modeled by Christ;
• synthesize knowledge acquired from humanities, natural social sciences and nursing courses, for critical thinking and decision making;
• adapt the nursing process in the care of clients experiencing commonly occurring or multiple and complex stressors at all levels of acuity in diverse environments;
• assume responsibility for professional competence in selection and use of technical, communication, and assessment skills in all practice environments;
• promote client wholeness and high level wellness in diverse populations within all cultures across the life span;
• function as a provider of care, a designer/manager/coordinator of care and a member of the profession to enhance client care and support the nursing profession;
• advocate for professional standards of practice within diverse environments and within the interdisciplinary healthcare team;
• evaluate and apply evidence based research to clinical nursing practice;
• possess a foundation for advanced study and demonstrate an attitude that values life long learning.

Assessment results are available in the Office of the Division of Nursing and in the Office for Institutional Research.