University of North Carolina - Greensboro (School of Nursing)

In October 2005 the School of Nursing received the Center of Excellence in Nursing Education award from the National League for Nursing. This was a significant recognition of our faculty. The School of Nursing was established in September of 1966 under the leadership of the first Dean, Eloise R. Lewis. The first class of BSN students graduated in 1970. In 1976, the MSN program was initiated. The School began the PhD program Fall 2005. The School continues to offer both undergraduate and graduate programs with over 4,000 alumni. The School also offers an outreach program in Hickory, North Carolina for RN to BSN students and a concentration in education for MSN students. The average passage rate for the NCLEX is over 90% for prelicensure graduates and all of the graduates from the nurse anesthesia program are nationally certified. The Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner program leads to eligibility for national certification. Students have the opportunity for clinical experiences in over 400 agencies throughout the state of North Carolina. The School supports four nursing clinics for the elderly as educational sites for students. All students are advised by nursing faculty. MISSION As an integral academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the School of Nursing is dedicated to teaching, research, and service that contribute to the maintenance and improvement of health for individuals, families, and communities. With a commitment to excellence, the School of Nursing provides mutually supportive undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Students are afforded opportunities at various stages of their lives to obtain an education that is firmly grounded in the liberal arts, congruent with standards for professional nursing practice, and preparatory for lifelong learning and professional development. The School of Nursing is dedicated to the primacy of teaching that is based in scholarship and to the advancement of knowledge through research. The intellectual resources of the school of nursing are used in providing professional and public service to a global society. As part of an urban university, the School of Nursing recognizes its responsibility to provide exemplary learning environments on campus, through distance education, and in underserved areas of North Carolina. The School of Nursing is committed to sustaining a community in which women and men of any racial or ethnic identity, age or background are motivated to develop their full potential and to achieve an informed appreciation of their own and different cultures. PHILOSOPHY The philosophy of the faculty at the School of Nursing is a statement of the beliefs and values they hold about the discipline and profession of nursing as well as nursing education. The conceptual framework and the goals of the undergraduate and graduate programs are built upon this philosophy. Nursing is both a practice discipline and a profession. Comprising the discipline is a unique body of knowledge that is integral to nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration. The body of knowledge is continuously developed and refined as an outcome of scientific, historical, philosophical, and ethical inquiry and clinical evaluation. Nursing knowledge is generated about health through behaviors of persons across the life span. Clinical evaluation advances nursing knowledge through the testing and validation of interventions that are used in nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing administration. The metaparadigm concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing form the foundation upon which inquiry and the profession are based. Professional nurses use knowledge developed by the discipline to promote optimal health in people and to achieve professional goals. Nursing is an essential component of the health care delivery system and includes the promotion of wellness, the detection of alterations in health and the provision of care for those with illness, disease, or dysfunction. Professional nursing is characterized by inquiry, caring, and practice. Nurses are professionally, ethically, and legally accountable for the care they provide, and their practice includes independent and interdependent functions. Professional nursing education is built upon a foundation of liberal arts, humanities, and the sciences, and it provides opportunities for learners to attain competencies required to practice professional nursing at differentiated levels. Baccalaureate education prepares nurses to function as generalists, while education at the master's level prepares nurses as advanced practitioners in a specialty area. Mature learners identify the need to know and assume responsibility for their own learning. Effective teachers establish an inviting learning environment that promotes collaboration among themselves and their learners for achievement of educational goals. At the doctoral level, nurses are prepared as scientists to practice in academia and industry.

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School name: University of North Carolina - Greensboro (School of Nursing)
Address: PO Box 26170
Zip & city: C 27402-6170 Greensboro
Phone: 336.334.5010
Web: http://www.uncg.edu/nur/
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