University of Virginia (College at Wise - Department of Nursing)
The Department of Nursing offers a program of study leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (BSN). This program is fully approved by the Virginia State Board of Nursing and has been granted unconditional accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. After completing the prerequisite courses, students may apply for admission to the nursing major, which has two tracks. Upon completion of the general education courses and the required nursing courses, the student will have accrued a total of 120 hours for graduation.
The Pre-Licensure Program is for students who wish to earn a BSN and take the registered nurse licensure examination, the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). Once admitted to the nursing major, students in the Traditional Program must enroll full-time.
The RN to BSN Program is a program for registered nurses who have either a diploma or an associate degree in nursing. The RN to BSN Program has been specifically designed for the working registered nurse student, and is offered on the Wise campus and at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon. Students may enroll full- or part-time in this program.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the nursing major is to prepare graduates with a liberal education, expanded knowledge about nursing and health care, enhanced competence in nursing practice, preparation for graduate study, and tools for lifelong learning. The Department collaborates with health care institutions and agencies throughout Southwest Virginia and eastern Tennessee to provide learning experiences in nursing and health care.
PHILOSOPHY
The faculty in the Department of Nursing bring distinct and diverse experiences, abilities, and beliefs to the curriculum and the classroom. The philosophy of the Department of Nursing exemplifies the beliefs that faculty and students share about health, the recipients of care, role preparation, nursing, and nursing education.
Health is a state of physical, psychosocial, interpersonal and environmental well-being based on adaptive responses to stressors and is viewed on a continuum from wellness to illness.
Patients, the recipients of nursing care, include individuals, families, groups, and communities. Patients and nurses collaborate in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing and health care.
Nurses are responsible for maintaining, promoting and enhancing the health of individuals, families, groups and communities, and for contributing to improvements in the health care system. Nurses emphasize primary health care, promote healthy lifestyles, and recognize the importance of health promotion and disease prevention.
The role of the nurse evolves in response to changing expectations and demands in the marketplace. Nurses provide holistic health care that includes health education, advocacy, and a committed, caring relationship. They are responsible for participating in discussions and seeking solutions for health care issues locally, regionally, nationally, and globally.
Exploring and adopting approaches to education enhances relationships between learners and teachers, creates a stimulating learning environment, and promotes educational excellence. The curriculum reflects characteristics and needs of students, traditional and emerging health care and nursing practice, and a community-based health care system. Communication, reasoning, analysis, research, decision making, and technological innovations – central concepts of baccalaureate nursing education – influence the curriculum and pedagogy.
Faculty and students share responsibility for learning goals and outcomes, and participatory learning activities. Faculty facilitate and guide learning experiences consistent with student knowledge, skills, and experience. Faculty and students interact with community and health care professionals to provide disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning activities and practice opportunities.
An active, stimulating, and exciting environment encourages inquiry, curiosity, critical thinking, and insight. Students in such an environment achieve at a higher level and gain tools and aspirations for continuing their education and lifelong learning.
GOALS
The Department of Nursing prepares graduates who meet the following goals in their practice with individuals, families, and communities:
1. Apply knowledge from the humanities, the arts and letters, social and natural sciences, and nursing to practice competently in a variety of settings;
2. Implement independent nursing decisions based on clinical reasoning and nursing judgment;
3. Use critical thinking and communication skills to improve the effectiveness of nursing practice, based on current knowledge, theory, and research;
4. Emphasize quality, cost effectiveness, and collaboration in nursing practice;
5. Design and implement activities that promote, protect, and improve healthy behaviors and emphasize primary and secondary preventive strategies across the lifespan;
6. Discuss the impact of nursing and health care on local, regional, and global populations;
7. Advocate for recipients of health care as they participate in decisions about and evaluation of their care through the application of research and information technology;
8. Provide leadership in nursing care and health promotion;
9. Incorporate knowledge of professional nursing and ethical standards and legal aspects into nursing practice; and
10. Maintain and increase nursing knowledge and competence by participating in formal and informal education.
School name: University of Virginia (College at Wise - Department of Nursing)
Address: 1 College Avenue, Darden Hall 119
Zip & city: VA 24293 Wise
Phone: (276) 376-1030
Web: http://www.wise.virginia.edu/nursing/index.html
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