Mission & Vision
College Vision statement
The Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing will develop world-class professional health professionals who are servant leaders, promote the advancement of discipline scholarship, and serve as a center of education excellence therefore providing "good help to those in need."
BSN and RN to BSN program Mission statement
The Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing, a part of the Bon Secours Catholic healthcare ministry, is committed to: 1) developing the baccalaureate nurse generalist prepared to function at the entry level in acute, chronic or community settings; 2) continuing education of the community's existing registered nurses; and 3) generating and applying new knowledge through research, theory, and clinical practice.
BSN and RN to BSN program outcomes
At the conclusion of the program, the graduate will:
- engage in communication and collaboration with the interprofessional health care team;
- practice empathetic caring within the framework of the Catholic health ministry;
- integrate servant leadership into nursing practice to promote global health;
- provide safe, quality care incorporating evidence based nursing practice;
- demonstrate commitment to the nursing profession and lifelong learning.
philosophy statement
Within the Bon Secours College of Nursing teaching and learning fosters the assimilation of nursing skills, knowledge, and attitudes built upon a strong liberal arts foundation. Nursing education is a collaborative process between faculty and students in which personal and professional growth is fostered by respecting individual learning needs and validating students as individuals with intelligence, worth, and dignity. Nursing education promotes transformative, self-directed, experiential discovery. The metaparadigm of nursing guides teaching and learning within the College. The faculty recognizes four metaparadigm components: nursing, patient, health, and environment.
Specifically, the faculty of the Bon Secours College of Nursing believes:
Nursing
Nursing is both an art and a science which promotes a holistic approach to wellness, disease prevention, and health restoration in the diverse healthcare environment. Nursing is grounded ethically, legally, and morally while being rooted in holistic caring for the biophysical, spiritual, and mental aspects of patients. Nursing practice is guided by standards of care established by state laws, regulations, national accrediting agencies, and institutional and professional organizations. Nurses are life-long learners who utilize the concepts of servant leadership, cultural sensitivity, interprofessional collaboration, clinical reasoning, and evidence-based practice to promote safe, quality care for diverse patients. Nurses advocate for vulnerable populations to promote social justice in the area of health disparities and to provide "good help to those in need".Patient
Patient refers to the individual, family, community, or global conglomerate which develops from the interaction of environment, health, family, culture, and society. Human beings are unique, complex individuals who are worthy of inherent dignity, respect, and value.Health
Health is created through unity and harmony of mind, body, and soul. Health is a dynamic state on the wellness-illness continuum. Caring human presence facilitates health across the lifespan.Environment
Environment includes persons, settings, and the social, cultural, political, and socioeconomic factors which affect health. All individuals, particularly the indigent and dying, should have equitable access to healthcare.Caring
Caring is expressed through many channels including advocation, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, clinical decision making, interpersonal communication, and collaboration. Caring incorporates curiosity, courage, and humor within the Catholic healthcare ministry. Self-care and self-reverence are requisite to caring for others.Servant Leadership
Servant leadership is individualized within nursing practice. Servant leadership begins with the desire to serve and involves leading through collaboration with trust and respect. The values of respect, compassion, justice, integrity, quality, innovation, stewardship and growth are of paramount importance to nursing practice.
