Beebe School of Nursing
Beebe School of Nursing is a diploma nursing program located at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware. Since its inception in 1921, the School has held a strong tradition of academic excellence and extensive clinical experience in providing quality nursing education.
Beebe offers a comprehensive NLNAC accredited nursing curriculum that prepares graduates for the demands of a diverse healthcare profession. The two-year day curriculum is presented in two 17-week semesters per year. The evening/weekend curriculum is presented in two or three blocks per level and is completed in a three-year time frame. A planned orientation occurs prior to enrollment.
The prerequisite courses provide a strong academic foundation in the basic sciences and humanities. These courses may be taken through Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus, with registration facilitated through Beebe School of Nursing or, if the student chooses, from a college near their home. In addition, a Nursing Assistant course within two years of enrollment or current certification as a nursing assistant is required. When students have successfully completed the prerequisite courses, they will then start the first year/level of nursing education at Beebe School of Nursing.
Clinical experience for students begins in the prerequisite Nursing Assistant course. The first-year/level nursing courses at Beebe School of Nursing provide intense clinical experiences in both inpatient care areas and outpatient settings that increase and progress through a variety of learning opportunities. Local, state, and regional community facilities are used to provide diversified clinical experiences in nursing management and acute, critical, community, transitional, and rehabilitative care. In addition to Foundations of Nursing and Nursing Care of Adults, the second year/level of the curriculum includes Nursing Care of Special Populations and Advanced Concepts of Nursing. The diploma in nursing is awarded at the completion of the Nursing Curriculum. This qualifies the graduate to be eligible for NCLEX (nursing) licensure.
With completion of the prerequisite courses, the nursing diploma curriculum at Beebe School of Nursing, and three additional courses—English II, Macroeconomics, and Oral Communications—the student will have completed 48 credits of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Lower Division Requirements for Wilmington College. Beebe School of Nursing has an articulation agreement and a specific curriculum plan with Wilmington College to facilitate BSN completion with one additional year of study.
PHILOSOPHY
Nursing is a dynamic process based on a theoretical body of knowledge evolving from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Nursing has independent and collaborative functions within the healthcare system to promote, maintain, and restore individual, family, and community health and safety. Each individual is culturally diverse, has dignity and worth, and continuously interacts with the environment and society. Each person is responsible for his or her own well-being with rights and responsibilities. An individual has the right to choose his or her own lifestyle. Nursing respects the right of individuals.
Health is a value of man manifested as a dynamic state of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. It is an individually perceived state on a continuum from optimal health to death.
Learning is a continuous interactive process that stimulates personal and professional growth and results in desired behavioral changes. Nursing education provides planned experiences for the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values. Learning is a cooperative process which requires active participation by the student with guidance and direction from the faculty. Learning experiences progress from basic nursing care to complex nursing care in a variety of settings to develop competency in nursing practice with a commitment to quality. The concepts of simple to complex and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs provide the framework for the integration of the curriculum threads of:
* Integrated knowledge
* Nursing process
* Community resources
* Individualized teaching
* Healthcare team
* Professional growth
* Therapeutic communication
* Ethical, legal, and professional accountability
The development of the ability to make independent judgments and critical decisions is a part of the process of education.
The School has the responsibility to prepare graduates who can function as members of the healthcare team at the entry level of nursing practice with critical-thinking skills and the ability to provide safe, quality, and financially responsible care to patients in acute, long-term, and community-based healthcare settings. The faculty accepts responsibility for planning, implementing, and evaluating a curriculum responsive to the changing needs of society, which prepares the graduate for entry into professional practice in an ever-changing and complex healthcare society. The School utilizes community resources to prepare the graduate nurse who can meet the healthcare needs of the community. The graduate nurse will be accountable and responsible to provide comprehensive care with efficient use of resources that meets or exceeds prescribed standards and expectations. The graduate is expected to promote the professional standards of nursing and practice with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality. The School encourages students to view learning as a lifelong process, facilitates educational mobility, and supports participation by the faculty and students in professional and community activities.
School name: Beebe School of Nursing
Address: 424 Savannah Road
Zip & city: DE 19958 Lewes
Phone: 302-645-3251
Web: http://www.beebemed.org/bbnursing/html/indexb.php
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